Chapter 3 - Fetus [Wuxia Shit right here man]
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Week 12 about. For normal mothers there belly will be around the size of a small melon and for normal baby aliens this is the time when they start demonstrating reflexes, like clenching or sucking. I've been training my Martial arts though, clenching and sucking is a bit too high level for me.
Speaking of Martial arts, I've been wondering on wether I should open my pores already. My spine training is going good, It'll be a work of art by the time I'm birthed, and opening pores now isn't that hard. Opening the pores is just an extention to the tingly spine training, you just need to straighten the imaginary tail more. Till eventually you feel you forhead expand like a baloon and something surges up from the bottom of your vertebra. Its a bit like the feeling of pooping exept it goes up you spine. Then the poop feeling meats the baloon forehead feeling and VOILA! yours pores are all opened!
The first time is always the hardest, it's when the pores break their chains and breath freedom. It's like you get rid of all that sticky polution on you and taste the world with your skin.
However. I did that when I was 10 in the mountains somewhere. Right now I'm a fetus. I'm not worried for myself however, but my host. My mother.
What will happen if I open my pores in her woumb? Where will all the energy go? Will It all baloon up in the woumb and damage her. Will me messing around effect her vitality? What of the umbilical cord attached to me? Maybe this could cause complications for her at birth?
This is why I'm agonizing over what to do right now.
I will meditate in all seriousness.
Oummmmm~
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I have decided to put of opening pores untill after birth. There is no point risking mother for something I don't need to do.
Umu~
It feels like something beens lifted of my chest.
I'm going to listen to mother's heart for a while.
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They say you should teach them early. So I am doing math.
God I never thought I would say that.
I've also started training my jaw in ernest. The bite is a very underestimated move, when you can't use your hands and are to close to use a kick, the bite can be very effective. Not as self damaging as the headbut but just as unexpected, the bite could save your life. Though I say all that, all I can do now is clench lightly repeatedly. I don't want my jaw to be deformed by clenching hard too often.
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Now the daily routine is:
Meditate - Limb exercise (circular movement, clenching bending) - Food time (digesting) - Jaw exercise (feels right to do it whilst digesting food) - Meditate + Spine tempering ( I only do this when the "stamina bar" is full, it's very tiring) - Mental arithmetics - Meditate - Repeat.
Now that there's nothing to worry about it almost feels like time has slowed down again.
Oummmmm~
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Took longer to come than expected but I have definatly reached Week 13. It's a development milestone and the start of the second trimester (whatever that is. Ask your mum maybe). How do I know for definite? Thats because week 13 is when the organs come out of the umbilical cord to their perminent home in my abdomen.
How did it feel? Dunno.
Maybe as a self defence mechanism of some sort, but as soon as I felt my organs shift out of the umbilical cord, I immediatly fell asleep.
When I woke up they were already in place.
Slightly glad I didn't have to experienced that.
Oummmmm~
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Week 13 was more eventfull than organs moving into place however.
Acctually, it happened not long after I go my organs.
Dinner time.
I experienced "eating" food for the first time. When I felt the new sensations in my tummy, my spine involuntry tingled. Sound familiar?
A surging feeling came from the bottom of my spine and rushed to my head, before I could stop it, it reached my head and I felt my world bloom! Or should have.
Instead something unexpected happened. Opening pores should be like blowing snot out of your nose, but this was like there was no snot, I was just breathing.
My pores were already open...
I had wasted time again...
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I guess pores only close after birth...
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Although I spent a while sulking, this is a good thing.
I might be able to train my pores now and start practising Taichi in the crib!
But first I should tell a bit about Taichi.
The Taichi I was taught was not exactly a martial art, more like a support skill you can use with any thing.
Ever heard of the Taichi 24 forms, also known as the Tachi 24 movements? (AN: Taichi can be substituted with Taiji)
A series of movement created in the late 1700's to early 1800's. They are suppost to teach Tachi through movement, and naturally open pores with time. Collectivly they are known as Taichiquan, there are a few differnet styles of it like Chen Style T'ai Chi Ch'uan (Chen Style Taichiquan), Yang Style of Taijiquan, Wu Style Taichiquan and many others. There's also the 32 Sword Taichiquan forms aswell.
My teacher told me that it's mostly bullshit.
That it's not real martial arts and only good for cultivating health.
The Chen Style Taichiquan was formed by Chen Chang Xing. It was made because he was coerced into teaching goverment Taichi. Chen Chang was reluctant, but with no choice he drew inspiration from the Xing Yi Quan animal styles, other martial arts and his own experiences of using Taichi to create the Chen Style Taichiquan; something that gives the feel of Taichi without the real core.
But how would they know?
Yang Lu Chan, and later his grandson Yang Cheng Fu, further devolped it into the Yang Style Taijiquan. Li Tian Ji then created the Taichi 24 forms based off of all of them in the 1900's, he's known as the father of modern Taichiquan. (AN: Holy crap 3 Off/of's in one sentence.)
(AN: Arghhhh so much switching tabs with those 3 paragraphs. Need to get the names and dates right.)
My teacher said Taichi only has two moves, just like the Yin-Yang simbol sometimes used to represent it.
Sensing force (Yin) and using force (Yang), thats it.
However to sense force effectivly you need to open your pores, and to use force effectivly you need to to know how to open and close pores at will. Thats why I said I will only practise Taichi after training my pores and also why I don't really see Taichi as a martial arts.
(AN: Note my different uses of the words Taichiquan and Taichi. I differentiate the two, they are not the same.)
Right now I am going to start working on closing and opening my pores. This shouldn't cause any harm to mother dearest so I've no hesitation.
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Three weeks. It took three whole weeks to finally get my pores to close, albeit breifly. It is much harder than to do than it was on Earth.
You know that feeling when you push two North ends of a magnet to together? Now imagine there are hundreds of magnets you are trying to push together, and more are being made everyday. Thats how hard it was. And you have to do them all together, If you close only one or two then the "pressure" that you felt when closing them would be added to every single other pore. Closing them groups at a time is the worst thing to do, you have to do them all at once.
But like most martial arts stuff the first time was the hardest. From know on it should just get more easy with every try. Not to forget that I'm still in the womb, this should be much more easy outside. Probably.
You know in Xianxia novels they sometimes go "Did you start training in you mothers woumb or something!?"
Yes, yes I did.
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In the last three weeks I've had other changes other than my pore training.
My heartbeat is becoming more pronounced, this is the point where the outside can start picking it up with the help of a doppler device. Somewhere in week 15 I noticed dull orange light through my eyelids, because I had other stuff to do it wasn't as exciting as I thought it'd be. Also at around week 16 I got the urge to contract and expand my chest; doing so let fluid into my lungs, probably in preperation for breathing, something I had forgoten to practice.
Breathing exercises was henceforth added to the daily routine.
I'm about the size of a lemon by now.
Oummmmm~
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Week 17 and shit is getting real. I can feel urine.
I can also hear now, I mean properly. Noises from outside are starting to reach me and I can hear my heartbeat in tune with mothers
I spent a while listening to outside, trying to distinguish which one's mother.
Don't really care about dad though. My past life's dad was not exactly good so maybe that's why.
Getting irittated just thinking of it...
Meditation is needed.
Oummmmm~
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Week 18 and I'm getting urges to move around more.
My imaginary staimna bar is bigger than before so it's no problem, I just added extra spine training. My limbs do occasionally twitch though.
I think it's at this point that my mother starts to feel the movement.
Hello mummy~
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7 days since I got urges to swing my arms around.
Week 19 and I'm getting urges to make silly faces. It's quite fun and a good strees reliever.
I've distinguished the beautiful voice (bias, they're all muffled) as my mothers. Whenever I hear someone else's voice I make stupid faces at them.
Get away from my mother you bastards!
Grrrrrr~
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Week 20, about halfway.
At this point I'm carrot sized.
This week was just as eventful as week 13 for just one reason
Little Thunder Jr is alive.
I cried manly tears.
I've been groping around there for a while and now it's confirmed. I have a dick!
Your son has been born old friend...
Hehe, you look just like your father when he was young Jr.
Let me tell you, when me and your dad teamed up, we were the ultimate duo.
I'll tell you some of our heroic deeds to pass the time...
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More urges, this time to hicup.
I'm also growing hair. I don't mean the one on my head, they've been growing for a while. I mean Lanugo, fine soft hair that should keep me warm.
The Lanugo and devolping body fat is there to keep my growing body warm.
However with my training the body is being kept warm anyway and the body fat is being burnt away.
I can still feel it however, it's like it's merged with me, strengthening my muscles. An unfamiliar feeling but a nice one none the less. Another wonder of the human body.
I will meditate to try and feel out the changes.
Oummmmm~
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I can hear clearer.
Not everything, just everything that is mothers; her voice, her heartbeat, her stomach churn, organs work and blood flow. I can hear all of it clearly.
With this level of intimacy I may become a yandere, no joke.
Most likley my brain is going through some rapid devolpment. It's not only sounds, I can also see light clearer. Sometimes I even get the urge to turn away from bright things, I am resisisting it however, I want to get used to light as soon as possible.
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Mango sized fetus.
Week 23. I feel someting like pores but not exactly pores on my tounge during training. They are taste buds.
During the past life I felt my tastebuds at the time of opening my pores aswell. I remember asking teacher why there were pores not on my skin and him explaining...
I remennised a bit.
My organs are developing nicely and functioning well.
However.
There is also something unfamiliar around my navel. I'm worried there may be something wrong with me and paniced a bit. Fortunatly it does not seem to be interfearing with anything.
I need to meditate to calm myself.
Oummmmm~
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Week 24
I feel something developing in my lungs. It feels like paint.
I think it's there to renforce them after birth
Also hair.
There is quite a bit on my head now.
Lanugo is mostly gone though.
The thing around my navel is also growing. Its troubling.
Oummmmm~
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Figured out what that thing that was bothering me was. Through intelligent deduction? No no, this thing told me:
*Oumm*
[Dantian developed]
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Unlock Chakra
+1 Chakra
Oh yeah... I was in Narutoverse wasn't I. Forgot about that.
Deja vu?
Next thought: How should I train this thing then?
I'm a training maniac.
Didn't expect any thing but I checked anyway.
Status
Unable to view, you are a fetus
No dice.
Deja vu much?
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I lost count of the days when I imersed myself in meditation trying to move my chakra, but now I have nails. I noticed my fingers started to wiggle unintentionally.
Not much luck with the chakra other than being able to move it a bit within my dantian. It feels like there is a pressure inside my dantian stiffling the chakra's movement.
Maybe when the ever growing Chakra network (meridians) connect with each other will the pressure in the dantian be relieved.
By the way, I noticed the chakra network grow shortly after I sunk into deep meditation. They were like tree roots growing out from the swirling shaped dantian. I can't move my chakra into the pathways because there is blockage at the entrance to every pathway, it's like a seal. I am working at grinding it away with my Chakra but it's tiring.
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I remember it's around week 26 that the immune system starts developing so I must be around there.
Lymph nodes, spleen and other stuff are developing. I feel myself getting stronger, not in a muscle or bone way. But more the sence of invulnerability is growing. Something I experienced many times in the past life, whenever I complete a new move or find I've grown taller that feeling grows.
The feeling of confidence.
Looking forward to fighting people on the outside, my emotions go into slight disaray.
I should meditate to calm my mind.
Oummmmm~
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Weeks 28 and 29 developents were mainly focused on my legs. They grew stronger, both muscle and bone. Now my kicks should be quite forceful and blunt so I have to take care durng training not to harm mother.
Little Thunder Jr grew bigger.
The Chakra network is almost complete, only the head, heart and a few other tenketsu left to conect but they sure are taking their time.
At the end of week 29 I should be atleast cabbage sized.
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Week 30 and 31 were similar. The brain and eyes developed.
At week 30 I could keep my eyes open for extended periods and have been training my sight.
Mainly just focusing and unfocusing, moving and blinking my eyes. Nothing I haven't done before but the results of hard work are already showing. At this point a normal baby's vision would be reather poor, but I can already see the veins of the woumb clearly.
I guess seeing the fruits of my labor showing spured me on.
Week 31 and I feel a definite change with my brain. All details have become slightly sharper, that includes all five senses. I think my brain is now more fully developed.
When mum talks I start picking up sentences unconsciously. I think this is the time when normal baby's start to learn language. Earlier than I would've thought.
Japanese was never my first language but honestly, I had listened to so much anime that sometimes I would even think in Japanese! Picking up the language whilst training was added to the agenda.
(AN: Seriously, I learnt Spanish, French, Latin and Japanes at school. Plus I my family speeks a mix of Arabic, Hindi, Gujarati and Tamil. Sometimes I do think in one of those languages, although mainly Japanese and English.)
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All Tenketsu... CONNECTED!
The moment my Chakra network Compleated all tenketsu points throbed. A burst of pure power came from the crown of my head and the tenketsu at my heart. They both charged along my merdians, bypassing all blockage formed at each tenketsu, and slamed into the seal stiffling my dantian.
At this point my hard work an persistance one again bore fruit.
Ever since I developed the datian and first got that 1 point of chakra, I've persistantly grinded it against the seal like blockage locking it in. Although there wasn't any chance of breaking out anytime soon, I had grinded away almost half of the blockage.
Normally when a man runs into a wall they go around it no? I didn't. I continued to run against it, even if it were iron, steel or dimond, I would continue to run at it with the will of an immortal zombie cockroach. That undying will is what drove me to perfection in the last life without even knowing it.
That will has once again pushed me slightly closer to ideal perfection.
The combined power from the heart and head would have just barely cleared away the sealing blockage around the dantian and then disapear but now with half of it gone...
+2 Chakra
And...
[Dantian unlocked]
+2 Chakra
Vitality Unlocked
+1 Vitality
Booyah baby.
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Sorry I didn't get this out yesterday, but as you can see. It's quite long
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