Shen Mitsurugi - Zanzoken Skill App

Username: Snoozeloose
Character Name: Shen Mitsurugi
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Good
Time: month 1 year 48

In the south of the planet, quite far from his mountaintop home was Shen Mitsurugi. Blade sheathed, his body frantically moving, the sound of his feet drumming against the dirt as he sprinted through the fields. The sound of his feet was accompanied by panting of his breath.
"Why can't I do it, I don't get it.. Their speed was, so fast.. I.." he thought to himself, recollecting the battles he'd seen in where warriors would almost 'teleport' across the battlefield to avoid large attacks.

The boy attempted this technique for the next few days, by running for hours on end constantly trying to improve his speed. Until, after passing out in a corn-field, he had a premonition. 'Spirit', it seemed that for all his techniques he had learned, spirit was included. His spirit was a tool to be used, it would be impossible for someone to reach speeds like that with just raw muscle power. "But, how am I to do this?" he thought to himself. The next few hours consisted of him pondering different ways to increase his speed using his ki.

The next morning he arrived to the field at dawn. His body aching, his legs felt like seizing up with every step he took but he would not stop training because of it. He knew that if he was ever going to be compared to his father, then he would have to work through the pain. He stood at the edge of the field, stretched his legs and positioning himself. One arm raised slightly, the other facing down. Both knees were bent, his toes pushing against the ground. He took in a sudden sharp breath and then thought "Go". He began sprinting, traveling at quite impressive speeds for a young boy, his limbs rapidly moving. He began repeating to himself "Control your spirit" as he attempted to push out his power and increase his speed. As he ran white wisps began to form around him, some crackling slightly with power. The energy was exposing itself to the outside, creating an aura. This propelled Shen, but not in the way he liked. If one was to be sensing Shen, or scanning him with a scouter, they would see his power rising as he ran.

After two laps he paused and decided to rest for a while. He lead his head against a tree-trunk and closed his eyes, suddenly fading into a comforting dream realm. In his dream he saw a rabbit, white and fluffy, running through fields lush grass. Behind it a fox, its fur as red as blood, golden glowing eyes. The rabbit ran and ran, but could not escape the fox. Shen could hear the thumping of the rabbit's heart, pacing faster and faster becoming louder with every beat. As he observed the fox he could see its long prancing legs glowing, swiftly the fox reached the rabbit with a ferocious snarl it pounced - Shen awoke, his heart racing.

"Lets try this again" Shen thought to himself. He stood in his starting position for quite some time, breathing very slowly as he began to take control of his ki. His spirit surged through his body, begging to burst out as it usually did in battle, but to perfect this technique he needed balance and control. He began to think of calm lakes, a river with no current. As he did so his heart rate calmed down and his spiritual prowess along with it. He ki within him settled and he slowly subdued it and transferred it to his legs, the image of the fox clear in his mind. Then, he ran, gradually channeling the energy to propel his being. His figure eventually became a blur, with rippled images of captured points in time trailing behind, created as a result of his ki. An after image.