Milk Makes the Bones Grow Strong [Private Training]

[Imaya Kuza]

Byoki’s body was in a constant state of both pain and relief. His bloodline’s natural healing was counteracting his weak immune system, but only just. If he wanted to become stronger, to be better able to serve his clan with his heart, soul, and body, then he’d need to strengthen his bloodline to its utmost so that it might further reduce the impact of his illness.

With that, Byoki began to produce bones from his body, from finger joints to spines, this was the old fashion way to strengthen a primarily physical bloodline. Like a muscle, using it would push his body past its limits, and as it healed it would recover stronger than before to compensate and ready itself for a similar occurrence.

It was after he’d produced his own skeleton three times over that Byoki began to feel the effects of his actions, his body feeling as weak and frail as the time before he’d unlocked the Kaguya traits in his genes. Dizzily, Byoki fell to the ground and began to vomit, though his stomach was empty and only acid came out. With tears and snot running down his face, Byoki began to gulp down what he’d prepared for such an occasion: milk. Gallons and gallons of milk. His body right now was lacking the calcium to produce more bone, so by re-stocking his supply he’d be able to continue with the training after a short rest.

“Long live the Kagetsu Clan!” Byoki cried out in an act of self-encouragement between gulps. “To the greatest clan to ever grace Kumogakure!”

 

[Imaya Kuza]

Before Byoki knew it, his room had become full with bones and heavy with the stench of rotten milk. Perhaps he should not have went at training his bone reproduction for a whole week non-stop… he’d have to burn some of his floorboards to get that smell out. Yet, in that same thought, he felt a sense of pride. To see the savage lifestyle he would endure for his clan was surely proof of his loyalty to the Kagetsu name, much like a wound in battle acting as a medal of honor for a warrior.

Still, while he had certainly increased his endurance with his training, he still felt lacking in combat skills. Leaving the room for now for the wide open courtyard, Byoki stretched his muscles and readied himself for another day of creating bone weapons. Instead of simply releasing them, however, Byoki intended to work on his creation speed, which would mark its more practical application. First, he removed his spine mid-run, strengthening the cartilage to form a hardened spear such that he would immediately enter into a thrust. At least, that was his intention. Instead, he ended up tripping over himself as he lost feeling in his feet due to, well, removing his spine.

Discouraged, Byoki gave up on the spine spear, moving on to see if he would have better luck with a ranged attack. Pointing his fingers forward at a standard Kagetsu training dummy, Byoki attempted to squeeze out his fingers’ joint bones at the target. Unfortunately, this lacked any sort of force behind it, so he adapted his approach and, instead of simply slipping the bone out, regrew its replacement joint behind it, building the pressure, and releasing it in a quick and rapid motion, striking the dummy with some force.

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