HSV: Chakra Strings (Path Mar '13)

“Imagine the chakra as a string, one that you can flex and bend” he muttered to himself as he sat on the ground.


He had been at this for a good couple of hours, hiding in the middle of the woods by his house.

“What if I focus my chakra at my palms and try connected them,” he mumbled as he closed his eyes.

Focusing his charka, his palms glowed slightly; it seemed similar to that of a flame, flickering back and forth. Taking a deep breath, he imagined a string tied between his hands.

The chakra on his hands flickered towards each other, but never managed to touch.

Sighing he recalled his chakra and leaned back, “Why can’t I get it?” he muttered as he looked at the trees.

“And how am I supposed to use chakra strings with a spear anyways?” he noted to himself as he laid back on the ground and closed his eyes.

Normally, chakra strings were used with kunai and shurikens along with daggers and other small weapons. But something like a spear or a long sword seemed like an odd thing to use with chakra strings.

Opening his eyes, he looked up at the sky and watched the clouds pass by; there had to be a way. As the clouds floated by above him, he noticed that they seem to spin and twirl about each other. He sat up suddenly; the clouds had given him an idea.

Instead of trying to form a string charka between his hands, he could try to wraps it around the shaft instead. Standing up he grabbed his spear that was leaning against a nearby tree.

“Alright, let’s see what I can do this time,” he stated as he held the spear.

His hands were a bit apart from each other, his plan to focus on making a chakra string around the short distance of shaft that was between his hands.

Once he got that down, he’d spread his hands further apart until he could make a chakra string along the whole length of the shaft with one hand.  

Closing his eyes, he focused his chakra on his hands and imagined forming it into a string and wrapping in around the staff. The chakra flickered once again, but this time it connected together.

It was a short string, maybe only a few inches in length, but what mattered was that it had formed around the shaft. A smile spread across his face as he slowly spread his hands apart; the chakra string flickered but didn’t break.

Taking a deep breath, he spread his hands further apart, the string of charka extending with it.

“Almost… there,” He muttered as he focused the last of his chakra through his hand and onto the shaft.

Once his hands were shoulder distance apart, the chakra string had coiled around the wooden shaft.

“Yes!” he exclaimed, “I did it!” but just as soon as his excitement took over, his focus slipped and the chakra string dissipated.

“Aw horse manure. Just when I get the hang of it, I have to go and lose focus,” he sighed, “Oh well, there’s always tomorrow,” he muttered as he grabbed his things and headed back home.