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Chapter 4: Konohagakure no sato (2)

"You know... I thought it would be more awkward." Harry spoke as he looked down at his new outfit. It was actually rather simple, but he was glad to have clothes that were truly just his. It was a simple pair of black pants that reached down to his heels and a black shirt with a small red flame on his right shoulder.

His shoes were also changed, to more comfortable black ones with white soles.

(I don't think stores only sell shinobi sandals. And if they do, it doesn't matter, they have more variety here.)

"It's simple, but black really suits you. It brings out your eyes," Rias commented with a nod.

"Thanks...", Harry smiled slightly, taking the compliment.

"What do we do now?", he asked with a bit of doubt. Honestly, they already had enough money for more than a month. And no one will say anything about where that money came from. Besides, they had the information they needed. The library didn't have shinobi techniques, but it did have a lot of information about the world and how it worked.

Now they could only wait until the attack starts, but also look for a third member, which would probably be a bit more difficult than defending Konoha. After all, they didn't want just anyone. They had already talked about it a bit, it had to be someone who was at least somewhat reliable and would be able to help them in the future.

"It would have been useful to have your cloak...", Rias commented, and Harry grimaced slightly. She was right, but it hadn't really crossed his mind before making the trip.

"For now, let's find a place to stay," Rias said.

"Well..."

. . .

"I guess... this will do for now," Rias muttered as she looked around the small apartment. It was a bit far from the center of the village, but it was enough for the short time they would be staying. The apartment was cheap because it was a bit old and had a bathroom, a bedroom, and a small dining room that also functioned as a kitchen.

Harry sat down on one of the chairs and rested his elbows on the table before sighing. It was still amazing that they were in another world. But even with that wonder, they both knew they were in a bit of a bind not knowing what to do next. They couldn't just go around causing trouble, they could only wait.

"Harry... why don't you try to see if you can awaken chakra?" Rias asked curiously. She still had that curiosity on her mind. Especially since the magic of Harry's world was still confusing to her. If Harry was able to awaken chakra somehow, then they could blend in better.

Letting out a sigh, Harry nodded before walking into the room.

"I'll try meditating like the book said, I hope I find out something," he said before closing the door and sitting on the bed. He honestly didn't think it was possible to awaken chakra in his body. He only had the information they found and the method that was mentioned, but there was still the matter of his magic.

Would it be possible to have these two energies in his body?

He had to try, at least.

So, closing his eyes, he focused on his body. The book he read with Rias mentioned a chakra circulatory system, consisting of 361 tenketsu. Rias had mentioned that such a system was too similar to meridians. He didn't know much about it, but she mentioned that the number of pressure points (tenketsu), were the same in quantity as those that existed in his world, when talking about meridians and acupuncture.

So, if a person really had this system in their bodies, it would be possible to awaken chakra. And, after more than half an hour of trying to meditate, he finally felt something in his body. A little below his abdomen, he felt something warm and he concentrated on that while he tried to go deeper.

When he succeeded after an hour of trying, he could feel how empty it was. But, at the same time, he felt like two other points on his body were showing up for him. He couldn't really see it, but he could feel it. It was like a sphere: one below his abdomen, another in the center of his chest, near the heart. And, finally, the last one was in his skull.

Harry was surprised by these discoveries, because it didn't seem to be something purely physical. The point in his skull, however, was completely full. But Harry was a little scared when he felt the energy inside that place, which seemed to fade little by little, decreasing the amount of energy before refilling itself over time.

Harry gritted his teeth because he felt that energy heading towards his scar very slowly, as if it were feeding it little by little. He couldn't do anything to stop it. Instead, what he did was slowly move that energy into the space below his abdomen.

But he knew that wouldn't be enough, so he tried to mix what he believed to be his spiritual energy with the physical energy from his cells all the way through his meridians. One try... a second... third... fourth... tenth... fiftieth... He tried for what seemed like hours and only on his thirtieth try, he could feel a shift in his inner energy and the space below his abdomen seemed to light up with force before it began to feel like his body became a little stronger. And at the same time, by creating a kind of connection between the two places - below the abdomen and in the skull - the energy began to slowly run on its own between the two places.

When Harry opened his eyes, he noticed that the room was dark and the window behind him showed the moon along with the stars.

"It really did take hours..." Harry muttered in surprise. His body was sweaty, but he felt stronger... more powerful. He stood up and walked slowly to the door before opening it. When he walked out, he noticed Rias with her phone in her hand as she slowly ate some barbecue.

When she felt the door open, she looked ahead, blinking and showing a slightly surprised expression at Harry's figure. He looked a little taller, but he was completely sweaty. His hair seemed to stick to his forehead and his shirt to his body.

"How did you end up like this? Wasn't it just meditation?"

"Yeah... I'm a little surprised. But I found out some interesting things."

"Really?!" Asking with a bit of excitement, Rias put her phone down on the table and listened to Harry attentively.

Harry nodded, "Aside from the meridians, I discovered that I had three spaces in my body. One under the abdomen, one in the thorax, and finally one in the skull. My magic was contained in the skull, so it really could be spiritual energy in some form."

"It took me a while, but I managed to connect the one in the skull and the abdomen while uniting the energy stored in the space of my skull with the energy in my cells. By doing this, I was able to achieve a connection and the mixed energy is now slowly running throughout my body."

"So you really did it!"

Harry nodded with a big smile before pulling his wand out from a small bag on his hip and pointing it at a glass on the sink.

"Wingardium Leviosa…" he uttered and watched as the glass began to slowly levitate before he decided to move it a bit.

"Yes… I can still use my spiritual energy on its own. Perhaps, the 'gene' for magic, allows you manipulation and potential to do magic."

"You could be right, but that also means that it allows the body to absorb something from the environment to refill your spiritual energy reserves," Rias commented as she thought for a bit, "I mean, chakra slowly recovers when shinobi use it, or so the book said. And while spiritual energy comes from experience and exercise, then, it is different from physical energy that comes from the cells of the body."

"Now I am very curious…" Harry leaned forward a bit, with his arms hanging down. "You'll make me end up studying and researching too much when I get back to my world."

Harry wasn't one to study too much, but with a topic like this, many would be curious and at least look into researching a bit more. However, now that they would have to travel again for other missions in the future, he had to become stronger and understand his magic much more clearly.

So, Harry had two reasons to study and research when he flies back to his world: Curiosity and becoming stronger.

"I'll go take a shower by the way, I don't like being covered in sweat."

"Well... when you get back, eat something. I went to buy a barbecue for dinner."

"Thanks...", Harry smiled before walking to the bathroom.

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