Strength, One Palm At A Time[Solo]

Many questions filled her mind as she roamed the rocky pathways of Kumogakure, the glistening golden rays peaked all over the lands as frequent clouds steadily floated by in the oceanic atmosphere, birds chirping a delightful tune soared pass the shinobi which startled her slightly as she took a step back to glare at the distant bird. A smirk arose along Riku's lips as she takes a few steps closer towards a particular tree that she use to visit when the academy took field trips to sight see, it was a place of pure tranquility she felt like, she use to always read while laying her back on that specific tree. 

Riku sighed for a moment, she had to work harder now, at any moment the village could be under danger someday, she didn't want to be a burden amongst her fellow ninja, she wanted to just be useful for once n her life. Inhaling and exhaling she stood now only a few inches from the tree, she places her palm upon it while rubbing the bark," Alright, it's time to get started." She says in a calm tone before getting into her fighting stance, she crouched down with her palm aimed toward the tree.

"O-okay Riku… you can do this, the instructor said it was simple, focus.."She says to herself while squinting her eyes as she closes them, soon she widened her white  eyes and swung her palm at the tree, a brief echo fluttered about however the tree was only dinted. Riku started to drench some sweat however she kept repeating the process again and again, soon overtime she started to get tired a bit, suddenly she gave out and held her knees inhaling and exhaling rapidly. She was too slow she felt, it wasn't doing any good against the tree as it dint had only increased in size slightly. 

"W-why is t-this so hard.."Riku cried out shedding tears along her face, she felt that she could never compare at first, having no support system it was a times difficult to feel motivated to do certain things.
"NO. I came so far.. I'll be a fool to just give up now, that isn't my ninja way!" She exclaimed while suddenly her eyes  formed pulsing veins around them as her byakugan activates ,"Lock on." She whispers before thrusting a single palm at the partially dinted tree in which caused the tree to form a larger dint upon impact, close to nearly half of the tree itself however it still stood sturdy as ever.
Riku had soon deactivated her byakugan and had fallen to her knees exhausted, she just needed to catch her breathe and drink some water, she took out a supply of water and started drinking it. The genin had sat down in front of the tree laying her arms in her lap, that was good practice for today she concluded. 

TWC: 488
Claiming +2 stat points
238 Words to Tenketsu Needle (238/500)
Learned Gentle Fist Palm Technique

hey just wanted to let you know that jutsu only requires 250 words to learn and you have another 238 to place on another jutsu is you wanted. and stats can be claimed at the same time. In non-mission settings you can claim 1 stat point for every 200 words - its 400 when its a mission.