Training Solo! [Invite Only!]

“Good morning folks! It's five in the morning here in Sabakugakure and the weather is looking rather nice out there!---” Smash went the alarm clock as Miyuki's hand flew out in the darkness. Her aim had been to put a stop to the sudden noise that had jolted her out of a very nice bit of sleep but in her gusto not only had she stopped the alarm from going off but she had also caused her alarm clock to smash on the floor into multiple tiny pieces. Great, that was just one more thing she would have to do today: replace it. She should know better, of course, considering how many she had broken in the past, but it was a knee jerk reaction each and every time it went off. So, it was whatever, and it would stay whatever.

With Miyuki's eyes still closed she heard movement on the far side of the room: Akai was waking up not because of the alarm clock going off but because of the smashing of the alarm clock on the floor. Akai had an interesting ability to drown out regular speech or noise of that caliber and yet still respond to something out of the ordinary. Miyuki smashing her alarm clock against the floor? Not one hundred percent ordinary – especially because half the time she simply blew the thing up into millions of tiny little pieces.

Akai yawned, stood up, and stretched with a wolf-like groan before walking over to Miyuki who had yet to move. Akai grabbed a hold of her blanket with her left hand and started to back up with the obvious intention of pulling the covers off of the female. Miyuki grabbed hold as soon as she felt her legs get chilled and tugged back. Of course, she was far too sleepy for this and with the way she was laying had no leverage against the other, and so after a brief several seconds of this tugging Akai won and Miyuki was completely uncovered.

“Meh!” Miyuki rolled onto her side, curling herself up into a ball and tucking her legs up underneath of her night shirt against the chill in the room. Really it was her fault: she liked to have her room cold so she could sleep comfortably with a blanket on. It was... heavenly? Yes, heavenly worked well. Of course that gave Akai an advantage over her when she wasn't fast enough for her liking with getting out of bed.

When Akai realized that Miyuki still wasn't motivated to get up she jumped onto the bed, moved herself between Miyuki and the wall, and then began to push her towards the edge of the bed with her much larger form. Miyuki's eyes flew open, she turned over suddenly, and grabbed hold of the female around her upper torso. A moment later they both hit the floor, rolling around and play wrestling with each other. “You're just a big bully, ya know that?!”, Miyuki asked in a playful voice before laughing. She was up now, so Akai had won, but she wasn't going to admit it.

The pair wrestled around for several more moments before a growling of both of their stomachs caused them both to stop. “Hm.. I need a shower, but I think that can wait until after breakfast.”, Miyuki commented as she reached over and ruffled the already messy hair on the top of Akai's head. The other female jumped to her feet and nudged the bedroom door open before walking towards the kitchen: she was obviously all on board with that plan.

With a sigh Miyuki got to her feet: she certainly would have been all for staying in bed but she knew that she had a lot of training on the only day off she had managed to snag. So, all in all, she had to get going even if she did want to sleep until well past noon. It was the life of a Jounin shinobi after all, and she wasn't going to complain so long as she was doing something that would make her stronger and better able to protect her precious village.

So, with one foot in front of the other she stepped out of her room and followed after Akai. The other female sat down at the edge of the kitchen counter, yawned once, and then sprawled herself out against the wall like a giant living rug. Chuckling to herself Miyuki stepped around her and went over to the fridge. She opened the door and peaked inside. After a quick check of the contents she pulled out a jug of orange juice, some eggs, shredded cheese, bacon bits, a tube of fluffy flaky biscuits, and some sausage patties. With all of her ingredients sitting on the kitchen counter she went over to the cupboard beneath the sink and pulled out a baking sheet and two skillets as well as lids for the skillets.

Once she turned the oven knob to on and changed the temperature to three hundred and fifty degrees she put the two skillets on the stove, dropped some sausage patties into one as well as a little bit of water and then popped a lid on it before putting it on low heat: that was just how she liked to cook them – low and slow. She then pulled out a bowl from another cupboard and a fork from the drawer. She cracked eight eggs into the bowl – disposing of the shells in the nearby trash can – added in some shredded cheese and the bacon bits before completing it all with a dash of salt and pepper. Once the egg concoction was stirred she poured it into a skillet and put that on low and slow as well. As the oven pinged that it was ready she popped open the biscuits tube, put them on the oven sheet, and then popped it into the oven before setting the timer to eleven minutes.

She poured herself a cup of orange juice and sipped at it in between stirring the scrambled eggs and flipping the sausage patties so they didn't burn. The sausage finished first and she took it off the heat and turned off the burner, doing the same thing for the eggs as they too finished up. A moment later the timer went off and Miyuki silenced it before putting on an oven mitt and opening the oven door. She looked at the biscuits and satisfied by the way they looked she pulled them out and set the baking sheet on to the now cool burners before closing the oven door.

After she removed the oven mitt she pulled down two plates and pulls out a spatula. She halved all of the food; putting half the eggs on one plate and the other half on the other, and then adding six sausage patties to each plate. Four biscuits were added finally to both following this. With both plates ready she set one down in front of the patiently waiting Akai who began to devour hers without hesitation. Grinning to herself she sat down at the counter on one of the three backless stools there and made herself several breakfast sandwiches from the food on her plate which she then began to devour with the same gusto that Akai was showing over her own food. In between bites Miyuki worked on her second glass of orange juice until both the orange juice and the food was finished.

She got up, grabbing her plate and empty glass, and brought them over to the sink. She grabbed up the jug of orange juice and put it back in the fridge so that it would stay cold. She then grabbed the two skillets which were now cool as well as the baking sheet and put them both in the sink before turning on the water so it would have time to get hot. She glanced over to Akai who had likewise cleared her plate and picked it up, before scratching at her ears with her free hand. She then added Akai's plate to the sink and made quick work of washing all of the dishes and putting them in the draining rack to dry.

With the dishes now done Miyuki dried her hands on the hand towel and then looked over to Akai. “Why don't you take a quick nap while I go get a shower? We're going to be doing some hardcore training today and I want to make sure you've had plenty of sleep.” Akai stared at her for a moment, yawned, and then got up and headed over to the large sectional couch in the corner which she then proceeded to practically throw herself on. Miyuki could only chuckle.

Miyuki watched and listened as Akai seemed to instantly fall asleep before chuckling softly and shaking her head a bit in disbelief. Leave it to Akai to have mastered the art of instantly falling asleep like that. If only she could do something like that herself it would certainly save her from many sleepless and restless nights filled with tossing and turning and worrying about what the next day would bring. Yeah, this was definitely a skill she would have to invest in learning. But, that was for another time, right now she had a full day and needed to stop wasting time with musings.

With a yawn she stepped out of the kitchen, walked across the living room, and back in to her bedroom and over to the dresser. She opened several drawers and pulled out a sports bra, panties, capri sweatpants and a tank top all of which were black in color – her preferred color for training. With her clothing picked out she brought the garments into her large bathroom – it was one of the only things about the house she had changed upon becoming Jounin as she demanded a tub deep enough to submerge herself in and even go swimming in if the idea fancied her. The bathroom even had a separate shower with six shower heads in it to the water could hit you from virtually every side. It was the shower she ventured towards after putting her clothing down on the double sinked vanity.

She turned the water on, making sure it was nice and warm – something easily indicated by the steam filling up the glassed in shower as well as the rest of the bathroom – before pulling her night shirt up and off of her head and then slipping her panties down her legs. Both garments of clothing were tossed into the nearby laundry basket, and Miyuki was left standing in the middle of her bathroom naked.

She pulled her double braids out of their ponytails and unraveled her long hair until it was completely free. Once satisfied she stepped into her shower, her white hair going from wavey to instantly straight as it became soaked in water. She washed her hair first, taking great care with ensuring that every inch of it was shampooed and cleaned to perfection. She spent equal time in rinsing her hair out, keeping her head beneath the water until it ran completely clear and free of soap. Following this she then conditioned her hair, doing much the same as she had when shampooing it as she ensured that every inch of her hair was saturated with the condition – she went through hair care products like crazy but her hair was the one part of her she cared enough about to waste the money for.

While her conditioner was soaking she washed the rest of her body, starting at her face and working her way down her arms, D cup breasts, stomach and back, buttocks, private regions, and down her legs, and the bottom half of her legs before finishing up with her feet. She rinsed herself off very well and after she was sure she was no longer covered in soap she took the time to rinse the conditioner out of her hair, sighing in a pleased fashion at how silky soft it felt.

When she was completely clean she shut off the water and spent the next five minutes fully ringing all of the water that she could out of her hair. Once she was sure she couldn't squeeze anymore out – and her hair felt at least twenty pounds lighter – she opened up the shower door and snagged a towel. She dried her face and body before wrapping the towel around her: it covered her from the chest down to her thighs. She then stepped out and into the bathroom itself before closing the shower door behind herself. She snagged another towel off the rack of clean ones nearby and ran it through her hair, drying it as much as possible with the towel and causing the thing to be soaked through.

The soaked towel was deposited into the nearby dirty clothes basket before she pulled out a hair dryer and got to work with yet another long process: it always took her forever to get ready in the mornings if she bothered washing her hair that day – it was why she only bothered to wash it every other day. Half an hour later her hair was completely dry and brushed out. Miyuki finished it off by parting it and then braiding it in two separate braids.

Once her hair was taken care of she removed the towel from her body, leaving herself naked for a moment, before she slipped on her sports bra, panties, capri sweat pants, and black tank top. The towel she used to dry her body off was hung back up before she made quick work of brushing her teeth thoroughly and putting on deodorant.

She then did quick work of adding on some black eyeliner, black mascara, and lipstick that had a slight purple tint to it as well as eye shadow that matched. Once fully satisfied with her appearance – despite the fact that all she planned on doing was training – she stepped out of the bathroom and grinned at the massive amount of steam that came billowing out around her before dissipating into the rest of the house.

Now... what else did she have to do before she left the house?

Miyuki glanced around her house from where she stood, looking to see if there was anything else she needed to handle before it was time to leave the house. The kitchen was clean thanks to her clean up after breakfast, and the living room was untouched as ever – she never did have time to properly enjoy that room with how busy her life was on a daily basis. So, with that in mind Miyuki turned to the side, walked back into her bedroom, and looked around. The bed was a mess and her blanket was on the floor – due to her wrestling match with Akai that morning when she removed the blanket from her and then attempted to push her out of her bed and onto the floor because she refused to get up.

Shaking her head with a grin she went over to her bed and fixed her pillows before straightening her sheet back into place. She then plucked her blanket off of the floor, gave it a good shake to untangle it, and then folded it up and placed it at the foot of her bed neatly. She then wandered over to her dresser and pushed the top drawer – which was a bit open on the left side – closed. She looked then to the pieces of her smashed alarm clock and picked them up one at a time before depositing the mess into the nearby small garbage can.

She walked back out of her bedroom after ensuring that there was nothing left to clean up and walked over to her fridge where the To-Do List sticky pad hung. She picked up the hanging pen and wrote 'Buy a new alarm clock' on it before letting the pen dangle back down from the string it hung from.

”Come on Akai, wake up. Time to go, dear.”, she called over to her sleeping companioon as she walked over to the fridge and opened it up. She pulled out two large bottles of water and then went over to the fruit bowl and plucked an apple and a banana out of it. These items were deposited in a bag that would closely resemble the average gym bag. She then turned towards the cabinet closest to the fridge and pulled out a huge back of jerky and tossed that in as well. A plastic bowl filled with more snacks followed the jerky. Once she was satisfied that she had snacks and water for both herself and Akai she zipped the bag shut and put the strap onto her shoulder.

Akai was up by this point, having yawned and stretched, and the pair walked out of the house which Miyuki locked behind them. She then headed down the walk way with Akai walking beside her. The pair hit the main road and Miyuki looked left and right. Instead of heading to the left which was where the training grounds were located she headed to the left: she wanted to have some peace and quiet today for the training she was going to do, and so she didn't want to risk having to deal with on-lookers – at least not today. She knew that if anyone needed to track her down and find her for something important they would and that was all that mattered.

Miyuki and Akai walked in silence for several minutes, Miyuki nodding in greeting to those she passed who were busy hurrying off to their jobs or to take their children to school or daycare. She was in no hurry despite the amount of work she had to do today, and enjoyed the twenty minute long walk that would take her to the out-skirts of her village and into a far less populated area. She walked deeper into this area, breathing in the fresh and clean air, before she finally decided to come to a stop. ”This looks like the perfect place to train, doesn't it Akai?”, she asked her female companion who gave a nod of her head.

Grinning to herself she went off to the side of the little clearing she had found and dropped the gym bag down on a rather flat rock that reminded her very much of a stone table. With the bag safely down she moved into the middle of the clearing while she watched Akai go and lay down near where the bag was put: she knew that Akai would be her eyes and ears while she trained this way she could fully focus on her task at hand.

Once Miyuki was in the middle of the clearing she began to preform a variety of stretches. Her neck, shoulders, and back, were loosened up first. Following this was her arms and then her lower abdomen. Finally her legs, knees, ankles, and feet. Each and every muscle in her body was stretched with care and tenderness: two qualities that people believed the fierce looking Jounin didn't possess.

When she was finished stretching she sat down, indian style, on the ground and simply closed her eyes. She breathed in deeply, and then exhaled slowly. Breathed in deeply again, and then exhaled slowly. For the third time she breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly while focusing on just clearing her mind of all distractions, worries, and fears.

Miyuki remained in this indian style position with her slow breathing technique for nearly twenty minutes; breathing in deeply and exhaling slowly, over and over again. She took this time to completely and thoroughly clear her mind of all issues so that she would be able to focus better on the super large amounts of physical training that she had to look forward to today. She was going to be pushing her body harder and further then she often did, but there were several purposes behind it. She wanted to be as strong of a Jounin as her village deserved, she also wanted to be able to keep her village and the people living within it safe from all harm. To do that? She needed to get stronger, she needed to be the best.

After her twenty minutes of meditating were done she opened her eyes and glanced her red tinted hues over in Akai's direction. The other female was just laying there, completely alert, and calm. No one was around then, good. Had someone come near Akai would have reacted in a very protective and very instinctual way: mostly violent and threatening words until the need to attack rose. But, that wasn't the case. She was calm and collected and simply watching Miyuki while listening for the slightest sound that was out of the ordinary.

Miyuki stood in a quick and lithe movement, enjoying her natural speed. She had always been fast but now it was time to train her body not only to be strong but to be able to endure and react in the best possible manner possible. To do that? Physical taijutsu based training. It would be tedious, repetitive, and likely a bit on the boring side, but she would do it because it was what was needed.

And so without further adieu Miyuki took a fighting stance; her feet spread apart with her left leg slightly more forward and her right leg slightly more backwards from her hips. Her knees were bent at a slight angle as well. This stance would allow her perfect balance while practicing her punches while at the same time strengthening her legs.

Miyuki began to execute a series of kicks; working both her left and right arm together. After a good twenty reps of punches from both arms she could already feel the burn. Yet, she continued to push herself on harder. In the back of her mind she could already hear her brothers words: there would be no progress without pain, and he knew she could do it if only she put her mind to it. It was the same as it had been when she was sick as a child: everyone else had babied her and treated her like a delicate flower, where as her brother had treated her exactly how she wanted to be - just like everyone else. With each rep of punches that Miyuki pushed through she found her body beginning to adjust; a dull pain turned into a hot inferno which then became a blissfully numb feeling. Sweat broke out over her brow, but she hardly cared to stop and wipe the drops off. Several blinks were enough to keep them out of her eyes after all and that was what mattered.

Miyuki pushed herself until she knew she wouldn't be able to move her arms properly tomorrow before shifting into a stance that would allow her to work on her kicks. She began with the same sort of training she had done with her arms; executing a series of kicks with each leg and then repeating the process over and over again. It only took a few reps of her kicks for her legs to begin to feel the same burns her arms had. However, she wasn't going to let this stop her. Just like before she kept pushing herself through the pain and agony, executing each series of kick for each leg. She continued on until her legs were nearly ready to give out, until they could no longer support what little weight she had.

"Ugh." Miyuki dropped to her knees, reaching up with a still numb arm that felt like it was weighed down, to wipe the sweat off of her brow. Meanwhile, she could hear Akai chuckling not too far away; clearly the other female was quite amused to say the least.

After taking a moment to relax Miyuki took her same fighting stance as she had before. She wa sprepared to see this through to the end, and her mind was made up on how exactly she wanted to do it; so she began.

After one hundred punches exactly with her left arm and one hundred punches exactly with her right arm. Miyuki relaxed her stance and gave her arms a good shake, trying to get feeling back into them. They had begun to burn around punch number thirty, had started to go numb about punch number fifty, and had become completely numb by punch sixty. Still, one hundred had been her mental goal and she had reached it. Of course, her training was by far over. She knew she had made some serious progress towards her upper body strength but her lower body needed some work too.

Miyuki glanced over to Akai who was still watching her like a hawk as her eyes swiveled to the left and to the right like little radar dishes while she listened carefully for any noise out of the ordinary. Smiling to herself Miyuki walked over to her female friend and poked at the top of her head a few times before she opened up the gym bag near her and pulled out one of the bottles of water. ”Thirsty, Akai?” she asked her friend. Akai nodded in response.

Miyuki pulled the plastic cup she had packed out of the bag and placed it on the ground. She then knelt down and unscrewed the top of the water bottle, glad that the water was still cold inside of it. She poured water into the cup until it was full – half of the bottle going into the cup. When she was satisfied there was enough in there for Akai she stood back up while Akai took a drink after being handed the cup. She brought the bottle to her lips and chugged it for a moment; draining about half of it before stopping and replacing the lid back on the bottle.

She checked to ensure that the cap was tight before she put the bottle back into her gym back and closed it back up. Akai drank for another moment while Miyuki took the time to stretch out her aching arms. Once she was done stretching her arms she rolled her head on her shoulders to the left and then to the right before walking towards the center of the clearing once more.

"You're not giving up, yet?"

"Nope. Why would I?"

"You're so stubborn. You're going to kill yourself if you keep pushing it like you are."

Miyuki simply chuckled and shook her head. "Meh. Don't worry about me, Akai. I'll be fine. I promise. Besides; I'm a medic. If anything I'll just fix whatever I end up breaking."

"That's not going to work if you're laying unconscious on the ground, stubborn ass."

Miyuki didn't respond, she just simply began to stretch once more as she listened to various pops and cracks through her body as she did so.

Every muscle in Miyuki's body was throbbing but her training was complete. She had finished exactly one hundred punches and kicks for both her left and right arms once more as well as completing over one hundred kicks for both of her left and right leg; coming to an actual total of one hundred and five in all. While that number was relatively small compared to something like two hundred and fifty, five hundred, or even a thousand it was still a lot of work. Work that Miyuki had completed. Work that proved that Miyuki had over come once more.

Even though she was proud of herself she couldn't help but allow herself to fall backwards on the ground with an oomph of a sound escaping her as she made contact with the hard grass covered ground. She laid there, spread eagle, for several minutes with her eyes closed as she focused on the throbbing of her joints and muscles: it felt like each one of her limbs had a heart beat of their own that was synced with one another.

Off to her left, where Akai had been laying, she heard a rustling sound followed by the sound of something being dragged through the ground. She opened her left eye just a bit to see Akai standing over her with her gym bag laying at her feet. She nudged the bag closer to her with her foot: her intent was clear – she wanted her to drink some water.

With a groan Miyuki sat up, surprised that the world wasn't actually spinning around her because of how tired she felt. She unzipped the gym bag and pulled out the bottle of water she had opened early. Unscrewing the cap she guzzled the rest of the bottle down in a hurry, surprised at how thirsty she actually was as the water hit her tongue. When that bottle was empty she pulled out the second, unscrewed the cap, and drank a good fourth of the bottle before placing it down between her legs, screwing the cap back on, and wiping at the sweat that coated her brow.

She smiled and looked over to Akai before digging around in the gym bag again. She pulled out the bag of jerky, ripped it open, and disposed of the garbage and the empty bottle into her bag. She then opened the bag of jerky and placed a couple pieces down in the other female's palm which she began to eat in a hurry. Chuckling she grabbed her own piece of jerky and tore of a huge chunk which she chewed quietly as she looked around with violet colored hues. ”I think I'm done for today, Akai, but I plan on coming back out here tomorrow if I can snag another vacation day.”, she said softly to her female companion who looked at her in the eyes, nodded once, and then returned to eating the jerky she had given her.

Miyuki finished her own piece before taking another swig of her water and then packing it all away. ”Before we go home so I can shower and rest I need to snag another alarm clock in the market; else I won't be waking up until about two o'clock tomorrow.” Akai stood up, having no other jerky left and Miyuki followed suit while surprised that her legs were actually willing to support her weight. She slung her bag across her chest and then the pair walked out of the clearing and followed the path back to the village and into the market.

They moved slowly as Miyuki was in no hurry right now, not after all she had done. A glance at the sky showed her that it was already getting dark: she had spent all day long training then. Well, it was at least a decent way to burn away a day that was for sure. Miyuki and Akai wandered through the market to the official clock maker of the village. She stopped by long enough to have a brief conversation and buy a clock before hurrying on her way: she stunk and needed a shower, plus her clothing was soaked in sweat – not something that was at all comfortable.

Akai and her made it home minutes later and as soon as Miyuki's front door was shut she stripped out of her clothing right then and there while Akai moved off to her usual spot on the comfortable couch and sprawled out: she was tired just from keeping watch all of those hours instead of napping all day long like she was used to being able to do.

Miyuki just shook her head as the coolness of her house hit her skin and she scooped up her clothing before walking into the bathroom. She pulled her hair free from its ponytails and braids before starting the shower up – this time allowing it to remain a little on the cold side. She stepped under the spray soon after and got her hair wet. Once it was saturated she went through the same ritual of washing and conditioning it that she had that morning. She then followed this with a good scrub of her body, twice to ensure that all of the smell was gone. When she was satisfied she stepped out of the shower and dried off; wrapping her hair up in a huge beach towel that would keep it from dripping all of her while she covered the bottom half of her body in another towel.

She walked into her bedroom, pulled out some panties and a night shirt, and slipped them on. Once dressed and with the towel still in her hair she grabbed her new alarm clock and put it in her room, setting it for five o'clock the next morning. Following this she walked into the kitchen, depositing the uneaten fruit back into the bowl on her counter before making herself two sandwiches and Akai two sandwiches. She left his on a plate near her – she was out cold already but would wake up soon enough to eat them she was sure. She then devoured her own and rinsed her plate off.

Following this she put her plate in the draining rack and then headed into her bedroom after cranking the air condition. She climbed underneath of her sheet, covered herself with the blanket, and then shut the light off. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was out like a light...

It was probably a very good thing that Miyuki had decided to stop in the market on her way home from training the day before to buy that alarm clock because had she not? Her prediction that she would have slept till past noon would have been right. As it was when her alarm clock began to blare some song that was long forgotten to the world in an effort to wake her up she reached out with a sore and aching arm and slapped the snooze button on the top to silence it and give her a few more minutes of sleep.

Normally Akai would have taken over in the process of waking her up like she had the morning before, but even she knew she needed another fifteen minutes of sleep. Of course even that didn't feel like it was enough and before she knew it the alarm was going off again – at least it wasn't that terrible song though. With a groan Miyuki reached out, fumbling for the alarm clock while trying hard not to break it by smashing it on the floor as she had done the previous morning. She found the off button just as she heard Akai enter in the bedroom – obviously she was coming to see if she was actually going to get up this time or not.

With the alarm shut off Miyuki yawned and forced herself to sit up despite the ache in her body: her hope was that if she was sitting up she would be less likely to fall back to sleep. Of course she made no promises though.

Miyuki reached up and rubbed at her eyes as she yawned again; removing the usual morning eye crust from the corners of her eyes. Once she was done and sure that it was all gone she looked over to Akai who was leaning against the doorway and obviously waiting for breakfast at this point: Miyuki was the better cook out of the two as it was. Miyuki yawned again and scratched at the top of her head while her toes curled in enjoyment. ”I'll tell you what, Akai. Let me shower first and I'll make steak for breakfast. How's that?”, she looked over to Akai as she spoke, grinning a bit despite how tired and sore she felt.

Akai was all on board with that plan and came over, placed her hands on her knees, and kissing her forehead once. She then walked across the room and back to the living room where he sprawled himself out on the comfortable couch. Miyuki could hear the television click on and just shook her head: yes, her friend knew how to turn on the television and liked watching it when there was nothing else to do. So, figuring that Akai was occupied for the time being Miyuki got up out of bed and stretched; standing up on the very tips of her toes while her fingers pointed skyward. Her fingertips brushed against the ceiling for a moment before she relaxed the position.

After reaching over to turn on her bedside lamp she turned her focus and attention onto her messy bed: despite how tired she had been she still had slept like a wild woman. She fixed her pillow so that it was back in its case and then pulled the sheet up and straightened it out. When the sheet was fixed she did the same thing for her blanket – deciding to lay it over her sheet instead of folding it at the foot of the bed like she had the day before. When her bed was straightened to perfection she turned and walked over to her dresser.

She pulled open the top drawer and removed another clean sports bra and comfortable pair of panties; both of these were red in color unlike the black ones she had worn yesterday. Once that drawer was then shut she opened the second drawer and pulled out a black short sleeved t-shirt. This drawer was then shut and finally the last was open: a pair of black basket ball styled shorts being removed before the drawer was shut and closed.

Miyuki, suddenly remember that she had forgotten to alert everyone she would be taking another personal day, carefully placed the folded clothing on top of her dresser and walked out of the room and into the living room. She found a pad of paper and a pen on the table by the door and wrote a quick note that read “Taking another personal day. I should be back to work tomorrow if I can actually crawl out of bed after all of this training. Let me know if you need anything at all. I appreciate you taking over for me in my absence. - Miyuki”. She folded the letter up after putting the pencil back down and slipped it into an envelope which she sealed with her usual mark.

”Akai, can you deliver this to my secretary for me while I shower, please? Akai looked over from the television she was watching, tongue hanging out of her mouth in his usual goofy fashion in an attempt to make Miyuki smile. She stared at Miyuki and the letter for a second before she wandered over and took it from Miyuki and headed out the door. ”Thanks, silly butt!”, she called after her. Now, shower time.

With Akai off to deliver her message that she would be taking another personal day Miyuki focused her attention on the task at hand: showering. In truth she had got a shower the night before because of how sweaty and gross she had been after all of that training, but Miyuki secretly had a phobia of stinking and therefore a shower was needed. Of course, this time around she could skip washing her hair.

Miyuki wandered over to the dresser, picked her pile of clean clothing off of the dresser, and then walked into the bathroom with them before putting them on the double sink vanity as she had done the previous day. She picked up a nearby brush and brushed out her damn near floor length blue hair before wrapping it up in a tight bun to keep it up and away from her neck let alone the rest of her body while she showered.

Once her hair was wound up and secured with a few ponytail holders she turned her attention to the shower and switched it on. Unlike her hot shower yesterday that had had her house filling with steam she turned the shower on and allowed the water to get luke warm at best: the slight coldness would help in waking her up, or that was what she had hoped anyway. When the water was exactly how she wanted it, and after double checking that her hair would remain up, she stepped into the glass shower and closed the door behind herself.

Once under the spray she stood there for several minutes and just allowed the water to run down her body; she enjoyed the massage feeling that the six shower heads provided – especially on days like today when she was very sore. She stood there for a good solid ten minutes before she reached over and picked up her bath poof and body wash. She poured a small amount of the poof and then lathered up her body; starting from her face and working her way down her neck, D cup breasts, arms, stomach and back, as well as her butt and nether regions, her legs, and down to her feet.

She moved slowly, not in any rush to get out from beneath the glorious spray of water. Once she was completely lathered up she rinsed off the poof and hung it back on its hook before stepping back underneath of the spray and letting the water rinse the soap from her body. Once every part of her body including her face was free of the naturally scented soap she stood there for another few minutes before deciding she had wasted enough time in the shower. She turned the shower off, opened the shower door, and snagged a towel off of the nearby rack – the same one she had used yesterday to dry her body off.

She dried herself off in the shower, aiming to avoid the chill of the bathroom air since she had forgotten to turn up the thermostat that she had set to super low the night before. Once she was completely dry she wrapped the towel around herself and stepped out of the shower, closing the glass door behind herself. She stepped out of the bathroom and over to the thermostat, turning it up to seventy two, and then stepped back into the bathroom.

Once she was satisfied that the room would warm up easily enough to a comfortable temperature she slipped in to her bra, panties, shorts and t-shirt. She then pulled her hair down from the bun it was in and brushed it out once more. When she was finished she braided it into twin braids and put a ponytail at each end. She added her usual black eyeliner and mascara, purple eyeshadow, and purple tinted lipstick before exiting the bathroom.

She glanced around, noticing that Akai was back in her place in front of the television, having delivered the letter and obviously waiting for the steak she had promised her. Miyuki was more awake now, and feeling far better then she had been, and so with a smile on her face she headed towards the kitchen to make breakfast.

Miyuki threw another glance over towards Akai who was deeply engrossed in the television show she was watching and chuckled in amusement to herself. There was something seriously amusing about someone who could watch television with such intensity. Forcing herself to pay attention to the task at hand she crossed the last few steps that would take her into her beloved kitchen and walked over to the fridge. She opened the door, pulled out two steaks that were nice and defrosted, and placed them on the counter. She then moved over to her draining rack that still had the two skillets she had used the day before and pulled out one of the now dry skillets. She also grabbed out the baking sheet which was dry as well and placed it on the counter. The skillet made it to the stove and she deposited the two steaks into it before salting and peppering them on both sides.

She turned the heat on low and covered the steak up with a lid. She then turned on the oven to get it preheating while she pulled some hash browns out of the freezer. She placed ten hash browns on the baking sheet and as the oven dinged to indicate it was pre heated to the proper temperature she put the baking sheet in and closed the oven up before putting the rest of the hash browns into the freezer.

She then turned her focus on the steak, ensuring that it didn't burn or end up being over cooked: both her and Akai liked their meat on the raw side after all. When the steak was finished she removed the skillet from the heat and pulled one of the plates she had washed the morning before out of the draining rack. She placed the plate on the counter and then added the steak to them before throwing the skillet into the sink and filling it with water and soap so that it could soak while she finished breakfast.

With the steak finished and the skillet soaking she turned her attention on to the oven and the hash browns in it. She opened the oven door and took a peak in to see how the hash browns were faring: they were golden brown and crispy, just how she liked them. Grabbing down an oven mitt she opened the oven the rest of the way, pulled out the baking sheet, and placed it on the stove before closing the oven door. She then snatched a spatula from the draining rack as well as her other plate. She put a steak on the other plate and then put five five hash browns on each plate.

After a glance to ensure both the oven and the stove were turned off – and they were – she took a plate per hand and walked back into the living room. She placed Akai's plate down in front of her and then laid her's on the couch before returning to the kitchen for a drink. She grabbed a glass out of the draining rack and the orange juice out of the fridge; after pouring herself a glass she replaced the juice, grabbed a fork, and then returned to the living room. She sat down on the couch and put her plate in her lap as she began to eat – pausing every now and then to take a sip of her orange juice. Her steak was finished first and then she ate all five of the hash browns – she would need the calories to get her through the day after all because she had every intention of doubling the amount of training she had accomplished yesterday.

She chugged down the rest of the orange juice and then returned to the kitchen with her plate, fork, and glass. She washed everything thoroughly, stopping to take Akai's plate from her as she brought it into the kitchen in her own usual way, and put everything into the drainer to dry. She put her oven mitt away back where it belonged on its hook and then wiped down the counter so that it too was clean. Knowing that her bed was already made and everything else was cleaned up she went over to the fridge and removed two fresh bottles of water. She added them to her familiar gym bag and then added some fruit as a snack for herself and the jerky for Akai since that seemed to be her preferred snack. Once satisfied that she had everything she looked over to Akai with a grin. ”Ready to go, buddy? I want to double our training from yesterday, so we need to head out as early as possible.” Akai made quick work of shutting the television off and stood by the door, waiting for Miyuki.

Miyuki just grinned as she watched Akai turn off the television and then head over to the door: she enjoyed training as much as she did even if all she did was watch her while keeping an ear out for any sort of approaching danger or distraction. Miyuki crossed the living room with the gym bag hanging by its strap from her right shoulder. She opened the door, waited for Akai to walk out, and then followed after her while pausing long enough to lock the door behind them. Once on her porch she looked up at the sky and took a deep breath of the fresh air: it smelled pleasant with the fragrances from her own garden filling her nose – she didn't tend to the thing herself, she had a gardener who did that for her, but that didn't mean she didn't appreciate it because she definitely did. Even if flowers and pretty things weren't exactly her style. The only reason she didn't tend to it herself was because she felt her hands were meant for bringing death to the world, not life.

Akai looked back at Miyuki expectantly and she grinned before following after her sister like friend: sometimes Akai could be rather impatient, but she loved her for it just the same. Miyuki and Akai moved down the same path they had the day before, nodding to people as they passed by in their early morning rush to get kids off to school and to get to work or run errands. She found herself thinking about how glad she was that everyone around her was so happy – she busted her ass off to ensure that they were safe and well cared for and it was nice to get out and about and see this happiness of theirs first hand.

Miyuki continued through the market and towards the outskirts of the village without being stopped, continuing to nod in greeting to those who stopped and acknowledged her in the midst of their busy morning. Akai ran around her several times, obviously excited and happy by the attention she had been shown. It amused Miyuki so much because she knew how vicious and violent Akai could be when it came to combat, and yet when in the village and 'off duty' so to speak she was as playful and as kind as a puppy was.

When the two reached the outskirts of the village they kept on the same path as the day before, heading straight to the familiar clearing. When they reached it Miyuki paused and looked around: everything was the same as it had been yesterday and there were no knew scents in the air that would indicate that someone had been there after she left. Perfect, simply perfect. She walked over to the same flat rock she had used as a table before and put her bag down. She opened it up, pulled out the plastic cup she used to hold water for Akai, and then a bottle of water. She opened the bottle, poured half of it into the cup until it was full, and then took a swig of the water out of the bottle. Once the lid was tightly back on she poked playfully for a moment at Akai's ears and then put the water back into her gym bag and closed the thing up. She then turned and walked towards the center of the clearing to begin the same process she had done the day before.

Once Miyuki reached the center of the clearing she paused and began to stretch just as she had done the previous day. She started from her neck, worked down to her shoulders and back, as well as her arms. She then moved down to her hips, legs, and finally her ankle and feet. Once she had completely stretched every muscle in her body she moved herself into a seated position and tucked her legs in in an indian style position. She sat with her back perfectly straight and glanced over to Akai who was laying down and doing the same thing she had done before – her ears were tuned to the slightest noise as she obviously listened for any sort of sound that was out of the ordinary.

Seeing that her 'protection detail' was covered she closed her eyes with a smile and started on the deep breathing exercise that would help her to clear her mind and prepare herself mentally and physically for the training that was to come. Miyuki breathed in slow and deeply, held it for a moment, and then breathed out slowly until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the second time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the third time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the fourth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the fifth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. As she continued she felt her mind emptying of the stresses and worries that came with being a Jounin of such a large and popular village.

She then breathed in slow and deeply for the sixth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the seventh time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the eight time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the ninth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the tenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. As she exhaled each and every time she imagined the stresses of her life and of the word being blown out through her nose from her mind: as if she were physically expelling all of them so that they wouldn't be able to distract her from her training.

She then breathed in slow and deeply for the eleventh time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the twelth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the thirteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the fourteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the fifteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the sixteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the seventeenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the eighteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the nineteenth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. She then breathed in slow and deeply for the twentieth time, held it for a moment again, and then breathed out slowly once more until her lungs were empty. By now Miyuki's body was completely relaxed and all of her troubles were a distant memory of the past. There was now nothing left in her mind to distract her from the hard core training that was to come in the following few hours.

As Miyuki contemplated if she wanted to continue on with her meditation or get right into training she felt the sun begin to hit her face and warm it: the sun was beginning to rise which meant it was nearing seven o'clock in the morning. Miyuki kept her position for a moment, debating, while Akai continued to keep watch on Miyuki while listening for any sign of danger coming near the clearing or anything out of the ordinary that would signal someone approaching.

After figuring that another few minutes of calmness and relaxation couldn't hurt before she started to put her body through another day of hell she kept her meditative pose with her back straight and her legs folded like a pretzel. Even though she wanted to glance over to Akai to ensure visually that everything was alright she restrained herself: he would make a noise or at least start growling his head off if something were wrong, so there was no need to knock herself out of this meditation just because she worried a little too much.

As Miyuki slipped deeper into this meditative state she found herself flashing back momentarily to the past: when she was a little girl and her father and brother was attempting to teach her how to focus and harness her chakra through meditation she had hated it. She had been utterly unable to sit still for long periods of time, and tended to make life a little bit difficult for her other siblings who were much better at it then her. Miyuki had always been the kind of person to go, go, go, and not stop. It had taken her until the age of fourteen to actually be able to sit still enough to meditate and then another year after that to actually get deep enough into the meditation to completely clear her mind. Thinking back to it now made her smile slightly, though at the time she had been learning it she had been rather grumpy.

She was completely and full in her happy place and knew that it was time to get to work and go through the doubled training she had every intention of completing that day before she went home. It would be hard, and she would be hurting an awful lot when she was done, but she was more than willing to do it for the sake of her village. So, with that thought in mind she rose in one lithe movement to her feet while opening her eyes. She glanced at Akai and saw her still watching her closely while her ears continued to remain tuned in for the slightest bit of noise out of the ordinary that would indicate some sort of danger was close by.

Once Miyuki was completely standing she shifted herself into a taijutsu kicking stance that would give her free movement. The day before she had worked out her arms first until she had completed a hundred punches with both of them. From there she had moved to her legs. Today she planned on mixing things up a bit so that it kept up the muscle confusion: any Taijutsu artist knew that muscle confusion was the best way to continue to see results – if you're body got used to something it would stop showing results as well as muscle confusion would. So, this was the plan which meant that she would start with her kicks and then move to her punches while attempting to keep track of both.

Kicks and punches were completed as the familiar burn from the day before began to kick in followed sooner than the day before by the numbing sensation that came with over worked muscles.

Miyuki glanced over to Akai before continuing on. Akai was sitting up and staring at her still while she continued to pay attention and listen to what was going on. The other female yawned once, blinked, and then laid down to get comfortable. She knew they were going to be here a while so she likely figured it was best to get comfortable. At this point Miyuki was almost hoping that some sort of trouble would come their way – it would be more fun at least then standing in the middle of the clearing and continuing to practice her punching and kicking. But, it was whatever, at least the training was getting done so she couldn't complain too badly.

Miyuki was about a fourth of her way through the training she wanted to do that day and figured that perhaps now was the time to take a bit of a water break; especially as she heard the sound of water being sipped off to her left which was exactly where Akai was. She relaxed herself out of her fighting stance and glanced over with red colored hues to her to her friend who was indeed drinking from the cup of water she had given him.

With a grin on her face she walked over and sat down on the flat giant rock that her gym bag was resting on. She opened it up and pulled out the bottle of water she had pulled out. She unscrewed the cap and chugged a good bit of the remainder of the bottle down. Once her thirst was satisfied she screwed the cap back on and placed the bottle next to her on the rock after ensuring that it wouldn't fall over. She then reached into the gym bag again and opened up the same giant bag of jerky she had had with them the day before.

She stuck her hand into the bag and pulled out a good chunk which she placed on a plate near Akai: the other female all but instantly forgetting the water she was drinking as she began to gnaw like a happy meat monster on the jerky. Chuckling to herself she then pulled a piece out for herself which she tore a chunk off of and began to chew. Miyuki probably could have pushed herself a bit more before taking a break, but she didn't want to risk harming her muscles or doing damage to herself by over doing it, especially after how hard she had pushed herself the day before. No, since she was doubling her training it seemed like the best idea was to take a break every so often and relax, even if it was for no more than fifteen or so minutes at a time.

Her body wasn't a machine, it was a vital organ, and to do her job properly as a Jounin she needed to keep it in tip top fighting shape. Which, of course, meant that she couldn't push herself to dangerous levels. Especially since anything could pop off at a moments notice that she would have to deal with, and she couldn't do that lying flat on her back unable to move in the village hospital. Nope. Not at all.

After chewing up and swallowing her first bite of jerky she took another, glancing down as she chewed at Akai who was still working on the large chunk she had given her. Miyuki glanced at the bag, noticing that it was getting a bit low and figured they would have to stop by the market yet again today so she could restock. Both herself and her friend enjoyed meat way too much to allow such a snack to dwindle and disappear. No, it was best they stock up now and not have to worry about it later on.

A third bite of her jerky and the piece was gone. She chewed in silence and then swallowed. Following this she picked up her bottle of water, unscrewed the cap from it, and with the lid in her right hand she drank while holding the bottle in her left. She emptied the rest of the clear contents before returning the cap to the bottle. She tossed the empty bottle into her gym bag – she was big on not littering and preserving the natural beauty of the village after all – and stretched skyward with her fingers pointing straight up while she stretched her legs horizontally. She could feel the ache setting in and knew she would have to get back to training soon or else she wouldn't get as much done today as she wanted.

Miyuki glanced up at the sky, noticing that the sun was nearly straight above: the position told her that it was nearly eleven o'clock in the morning already. At this rate she knew she would likely end up training late into the night. Miyuki reached over and poked at the top of Akai's head and the base of her ears as he finished eating the last bit of his jerky. A grin spread across her face once more as she listened to her start making that sound that was the equivalent of a feline purring - hey, humans could purr too. She kept up the poking for a moment or two before deciding it was time to get back to work. ”Do you need anything before I get back to training?”, she asked Akai who shook her head no. ”Alright then. Back to work I go.” Or training as it were, which she supposed could be considered work to some people. Miyuki really didn't mind it though, it was kind of nice – like a miniature vacation whose only side effect some some sore and cramping muscles the next day.

Miyuki picked up her next bottle of water, the one that was left unopened, and unscrewed the cap before taking a sip. When she was done she screwed the cap back on tightly and put her bottle back into her gym bag before zipping it up and closed once more. With nothing else to distract her she stood up, stretched skyward while standing on the tips of her toes. She held that pose for a moment before walking back into the clearing. Once more Miyuki took her stance: she planned on going on with her punches and kicks until she hit one hundred or more each, and then following that she would take another break that would involve more meditation. Yes, that was a good plan, and one she planned on sticking to, and so Miyuki began to train her punches and kicks once more with the same gusto as before.

Despite the pain that she was feeling Miyuki decided to keep pushing through: she knew eventually her body would become numb to it and that was the place she was hoping to get to. But, for now she would simply deal with the pain and keep pushing through it and training: one hundred kicks and one hundred punches weren't all that far away now. Not far away at all. And so once more Miyuki took her fighting stance so that she could continue on with her grueling training from hell itself.

Before she got down to meditating once more Miyuki decided that another drink of water was in order; especially after a glance over showed that Akai's cup was almost empty. So, she walked over to the flat boulder from the middle of the clearing and sat down on its edge for a moment. She pulled her gym bag towards herself, unzipped it, and removed the bottle of water. She unscrewed the cap then and poured more water into Akai's cup until it was once again full. When she was satisfied that her friend and self proclaimed body guard was completely taken care of she brought the bottle to her lips and chugged it down a bit until there was only a fourth of the bottle left.

Frowning to herself and thinking that she should have definitely brought another bottle of water with her she screwed the cap back on and replaced the bottle back into her gym bag before once more zipping it shut. When Akai finished drinking some of the fresh water out of the large plastic cup she reached over and poked at the top of her head once more. Chuckling to herself in amusement she kept poking and tickling for another few moments before she stopped.

”I suppose I should get back to work, now. At least I'm over halfway done. When I'm done with this, if it isn't too late that is, maybe we can stop by and grab some steaks for dinner, kay?” Akai nodded before making a face. Miyuki laughed at the silly expression on her friends's face and then glanced up at the sky: from the position of the sun she could tell that it was about three o'clock in the afternoon. She was definitely burning through training hours like crazy. But, at least now she wouldn't have to worry about feeling the burn anymore. Her body was all but completely numb to it. Still, she was going to meditate for a bit to get herself even more focused so that she could finish strong.

So, without further waiting she got up from the flat rock and walked back into the middle of the clearing that was becoming all too familiar with her. With a deep sigh she sat down in one graceful movement indian style and straightened up her back. She rested her hands on her knees, palms up, and closed her eyes so that she could be fully focused. Just as before she started the same deep breathing exercises she had done before, allowing herself to slip back into that blissful peace. She followed the same deep breathing exercise as before, slipping into a very blissful and nicely peaceful mind setting; a mind setting that would help her push past the pain as she continued on with her training.

With her meditating now completed and her mind and body feeling completely at ease she stood in a lithe movement just as she had done before. Once on her feet she took her stance again; feet spread slightly wider than her hips with her left leg up a little further then her left hip and her right leg a little further back from her right hip. A stance that would allow her to have perfect balance. From here it was time to continue with the grueling training and work her way towards that two hundred mark that would likely take her well into the evening hours. Still, steak was a good motivation to look forward to and the faster she finished the faster she could go get some.

Punches and kicks were launched as before, Miyuki's head once more back in her training. Miyuki knew that she could have paused and taken a break, but knowing how close she was she just couldn't bring herself to do it. So no, she continued on just like she had been doing before, determined to get past the two hundred mark with both her kicks and her punches.

Entirely exhausted but exceptionally pleased with herself Miyuki allowed herself to fall backwards, hitting the earth with am oomph sound as she laid there in the grassy clearing and simply stared up at the sky: the familiar throbbing of her aching muscles finally beginning to set in after several minutes in that position. She was done. She had accomplished her goal of doubling the amount of training she had done before. This was great... now, how the hell was she going to get home? That was the question.

Just like she had done the day before Akai stood up, stretched and yawned, and then grabbed hold of the gym bag of Miyuki's before dragging it over to her. She placed it down next to her and then sat down again, obviously more than willing to wait until she was ready to move to go get that steak. Miyuki laid there another few minutes without moving before she finally and slowly sat up. After the dizziness subsided she pulled the gym bag on to her lap, unzipped it, and then pulled out her bottle of water. She unscrewed the cap and chugged down the last fourth of the bottle of water. Once it was empty she put the cap back on and placed the empty bottle into her gym bag before closing it back up.

She took a moment to stretch out her muscles; working her body from the top to the bottom until she was completely relaxed. Once she was done with her after exercise stretching routine she got to her feet slowly, her body still feeling a bit on the numb side. She picked up her bag and pulled it onto her shoulder via the strap before walking slowly out of the clearing with Akai walking beside her.

She moved slowly, not wanting to rush and wear herself out anymore then she already was. It took nearly twenty minutes at this pace to get back to the main village, and then another ten minutes after that to get into the proper market area that her favorite food stall was located. She took a seat on one of the stools and Akai sat down beside her. When the owner came over and greeted her she smiled. ”Two steaks, please. Medium rare. A glass of watermelon juice, and a glass of water, please.” It was her usual order and so after she handed her ryo over to pay for it the owner nodded and got to work fixing the food for herself and Akai.

Their drinks were given first, and she gave Akai the juice while she kept the water. Then the steak arrived and she did the same. Both inhaling both food and drink quickly.

When they were done eating Miyuki left a tip behind and slipped off of the stool. Both her and Akai walked back home where Miyuki got a good and long shower before falling into bed... All without forgetting to set her alarm clock for the next day.

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