❀•chapter 2: want to share? •❀
Kisame was wondering how he would tell Konan that he was thinking about train her protected, or rather ask permission to do so. For a moment he thought of saying that were occurrences of the child and that he had nothing to do, but he found that he really wanted to do it, and he was now debating how to approach the subject without sounding invasive or something like that. He was so busy seeing the possibilities that didn't listen to Konan, who had just entered the room and suddenly Sakura was no longer at his side. Noticing this, he rushed to find her and saw her hugging Konan.
"Konan" Kisame said in greeting.
"Kisame, you did it well, thanks." she said with heartfelt gratitude.
"Konan I've been thinking and I..."
"Konan-sama, Kisame-sama promised me that he will train me" Sakura suddenly said with absolute happiness and ease.
"You did what?" She asked incredulously.
"thanks Kitty " Kisame said quietly.
"Don't be angry with him Konan-sama, I asked, because I want to be a ninja like you." she said happily unknowing the aura of hatred emanating from the kunoichi.
"Sakura, would you bring me the nice paper that you like in my room?" She asked amiably.
"Sure Konan-sama" she said leaving the room running through the halls.
"she will be lost" Kisame said as he looked away.
"Don't worry about it, the base is secured and at the moment is the least of my worries Kisame" she said with a sigh. "You must know that I love the idea of her taking the training, but I'm not sure, when I found her..." she was not sure if she should tell him about it, so she stopped for a while "When She Found me, she looked so scared, afraid of civilians and I think the shinobi too, I have tried to keep her as far away as possible from this, but I also feel like it's necessary to train her, I'm surprised how her chakra is always masked and I think it you realize it too, it's as if someone had taught her because she acts as if it were natural despite being a complex thing" she said looking moreover avoiding his gaze "not only that, I really want to train her, but Pein is a problem, he didn't want her to be here, even though he allowed now, and I have to be careful trying not to give him even one reason to repent of his decision." She said loading her voice in involuntarily pain "I don't want anything happen to her, but if you train her, one way or another would mean that you are neglecting your duties with akatsuki in his eyes" she said resignedly, "it could be better if we wait a while and send her to a ninja academy in a hidden village, after all, our relations with those people shouldn't affect her if they doesn't know from where she came" Konan said.
"I don't want it to be that way, especially if she fears civilians as you told me, I know that you are able to have more right about that little girl that I'll ever have, but I want to train her, I feel like she's my..."
"Opportunity to do something really good and right?" Konan said with a dry laugh "I also thought about that when I met her," she said with a wistful smile, "let me see what I can do with Pein and I'll tell you about it" she reconsidered "you just have to know that you have to be prepared for take more missions" with that said, she left.
"Kisame-sama can't train me?" Sakura asked behind the couch holding a pink paper between her fingers.
"to be honest, I don't know kitty, apparently is more complicated than we think at the beginning" he said stroking her head carelessly but gently, trying to regain his composure, as he hadn't noticed that she was there "but don't get depressed, we can go out or something, isn't a train, but it can be a game" he said trying to cheer her up.
"Okay" she said, forgetting the piece of paper that was now on the floor.
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"Konan" Pein said when he saw her enter the office.
"I got the Kumo book" Konan said, handing the sealed document.
"perfect" Pein said without even looking up from the papers he was examining, noticing that she was still there couldn't help but ask "Is there anything else you need?"
"It's about Sakura" Konan said calmly. Pein just leave what he was doing and turned his attention to her.
"I thought I said I didn't want problems with that girl, you promised me and you tried to make me sure there wouldn't be a problem" he said with evident exasperation.
"In fact Kisame is involved too" she said after a moment "he wants to train her" she just released.
"Why isn't he here talking to me instead?" He asked
"Because he asked me first, that's why I'm here"
"Well then what's what you want?"
"I want you to allow him to train her"
"Konan that doesn't concern me, she's your responsibility, while not affecting the work of Kisame for this organization and its goals I will not object, if is my permission the reason why you're here, then you're wasting your time, I made it clear, I want nothing to do with the girl, now if you'll excuse, you can retire" he said unceremoniously and returning to his documents "Before you go, would be nice if Kisame could join us to make clear some points, Zetsu I want you to bring him to me immediately." said Pein, Konan knowing that he would be with Sakura made a request she never thought would.
"Can you stay with her until Kisame is free?"
"I am not responsible for any damage caused." he said before sinking into the ground.
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"I had never been here before." Sakura said looking around.
"this is outside, I introduce it to you" Kisame said amused "these are the training grounds if you want to give them a name, but don't get too close to that side of the road because is there where is Zetsu's greenhouse, and you don't want to go there uninvited." he said mockingly.
"is huge." she said.
"It is" he replied.
"What are we supposed to do here Kisame-sama?" She asked with curiosity.
"I don't know, maybe a walk or whatever you want." Replied
"there's something that Konan-sama does at night and I want to try, don't know what it's called but she adopts a position with eyes closed for quite some time while she thinks I'm asleep." She replied without much aplomb.
"That's meditation and is used and helps to focus and increase the amount of chakra, not many people find it easy, but I guess if you want to try I can teach you how to do it"
"Really?" She asked very excited.
"Yes, I think it's useful for both; shinobi and civilians, because relaxes and clears your mind, although I must admit I'm not very good at it, I prefer to increase my chakra with physical training and no mentally" he admitted.
"But, Kisame-sama you have a lot of chakra, your reservations are much bigger than a normal shinobi" Sakura said as a matter of fact.
"You can feel chakra?" He asked a little surprised and incredulous.
"Is something I can do since I can remember, but I don't remember very much anyway." she said.
"How is it that you do, how you feel it...?"
"Kisame, leader wants to talk" Zetsu said appearing from the ground with full confidentiality.
"The girl..." he started looking at her and then to him.
"I got it, I have Konan's permission, I can keep doing what you were doing, I think" said the plant man that looked impatiently to Kisame.
"Not that I don't trust you but if you try to eat her..." Kisame saw no need to end that threat in front of Sakura he just left.
"I guess is you and I right now, I heard that you want to play ninja." said almost uninteresting "Kisame apparently was about to show you something" black Zetsu said.
"he was going to teach me how to meditate" she said.
"That's not productive when you don't have a refined chakra control, you should start in more basic techniques, otherwise it won't help you and just gonna make you sleep" Zetsu said unknowingly crushing her hopes.
"I see" said sadly the girl with pink hair.
"You must begin with something that refines your chakra control like climbing trees." He said academic "is an ancient practice, but useful"
"I don't see how climbing trees can increase the chakra accuracy of a person" she said.
"That's because you're thinking about climbing it with your hands" he said with obviousness "when you just have to use your feet"
"I not understand" she admitted.
"Silly brat." scolded slightly. "You have to concentrate chakra on your feet and then you can walk on the trees, just like this" then Zetsu walked in a forest that bordered the training fields, he chose a tree and began to climb himself with his feet smoothly "You just have to concentrate the right amount of chakra and you will be able to do it" said form the tree as he went down and step in the ground again. "I don't want any problems so just stay here and wait for Kisame" he said disappearing into the ground with a strange feeling because he have helped the girl and without realizing, he had just trained her, not directly, but he had done, it felt like wasting a delicious appetizer.
Sakura didn't waste time and set out to try to understand what he had done, she knew what chakra was, but couldn't remember from where she had learned about it, but she supposed to know it as she know how to detect foreign chakra and how to hide hers, she did it unconsciously as if it were a custom, she didn't remember very much, but what she knew was there. So without wasting more time in contemplations, she set out to do what the strange guy told her, she assumed she must concentrate her chakra in the soles of her feet so she could climb the tree without her hands, so that was what she did, but it took a lot of work lead her chakra to that place in specific, when she thought she got it, immediately had the feeling of dispersion in her energies and then just left her, so when she thought she had it again she hurried to get to the tree and put one foot on the trunk, but when she did, the sensation abandoned her and fell ungracefully to the ground, but that wasn't enough to discourage her, because she tried and tried several times with the same result. Yes, she had made a little progress, but it was insignificant, refused to give up, she gave three steps before fell in the ground one more time.
Sakura was exhausted, had long been trying to climb the tree without using her hands and so far had been a great failure, felt hunger, thirst and cold. As other fact, Zetsu was gone a long time ago and Kisame even longer, but she couldn't even remember it, she just determined herself to climb the tree and suddenly remembered something, something very vague but it was something anyway; the chakra could be helped to concentrate better through hand seals, so awkwardly clasped her hands and began to focus chakra on her feet with great attention and care, her breaths were now irregular and was a little hectic, but decided to try, she focused on the feel of her chakra flowing through her body and then down to her feet. Chakra was now faster and didn't move from her feet, nor is dispersed as before so slowly gave unsteadily on the tree and then another, she was more focused on how her feet felt and not what she was doing, so she continued to climb it until the feeling went away and began to fall, with terror, she realized how high had climbed once she saw the ground approaching her at high speed, wasn't ready for the impact, but closed her eyes waiting for the encounter come soon, but then felt arms around her and opened her eyes.
"You have to be more careful, if I hadn't come, you could be seriously injured. Or dead" he said sternly, but noted that she hadn't heard that, her gaze was set on the tree "Kisame isn't here, he went on a mission at last minute" he explained without knowing why, he just felt the need.
"I did it Zetsu-sama" she said into the darkness.
"You still haven't reached the top tricky brat" drew the sleeping child in his arms "but I didn't expect you to come up a bit to be honest" he said before they reappeared in the room, not being willing to let her in the Konan's room; it was where she slept after all, he walked to the couch and laid her gently there "I'm really surprised, I didn't intend to help at any time, but you did it anyway, what are you and why you seem so special?" He asked with some anger unable to comprehend "maybe you can make us softer, maybe you are how humanity feels like, maybe you're a mystery, maybe you're hope, maybe you're will and independence, maybe you're just a problem" he said before he left.
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"I have good news, kitty" Kisame said as he came into the kitchen where Sakura had her breakfast with Konan.
"What is Kisame-sama?" She asked anxiously.
"Your training begins today" he said with a wink. "That of course, if Konan let me." he said giving a look that was returned with a nod.
"Are you serious?" she asked even more excited than before leaving forgotten her breakfast to go running to embrace the great blue man, who remained static and rigid at the sudden action "sorry" she said noticing his behavior.
"it's okay, I'm just not used to it" he said trying to make her smile, he was doing that a lot lately, it was only the second day interacting with her, and she was so open hearted that surprised him "that doesn't mean I can't get used to" said ruffling her hair, causing smiles form the cute little girl "Find me when you're ready and go prepared." He said before leaving.
She didn't need to be told much more for swallow her breakfast in a way that made Konan rebuke her because she emphasized the importance of table manners, especially knowing that the organization inquilines had weird or nonexistent table habits. Once she finished with that, she hurried to run at Konan's room, were she kept all her clothes. She wore dark trousers and a T-shirt with long sleeves because of cold weather in Amegakure, she also wore standard shinobi sandals, once done that, she started to run towards where Kisame was, she knew because their large presence of chakra remained in the training field that he had shown the previous day so she just followed the trail.
"Kisame-sama" she said noting his presence.
"That was fast." said the aforementioned.
"I couldn't wait" she said with complete sincerity, he was still surprised about the ease that she had to open up to people, they just known each other in better terms since just one day ago, and she referred to him with familiarity. That didn't bother him at all, conversely, because the things could be easier for him.
"Well the first thing to know is that a ninja without resistance may be weaker than you think, even if it has a lot of jutsus, for that reason will be the first thing we will work, besides will be our starting point to begin the taijutsu" he said casually but in the eyes of Sakura, Kisame had a wide range of knowledge and that was another thing he liked about her, she was impressionable, but maybe that was just because she was still a child, it was part of her charm.
"Taijutsu?" She asked, cocking her head cutely.
"Yes, taijutsu are, literally, melee techniques, are jutsus that deal with hand to hand combat using martial arts techniques. Generally don't require chakra, but can be used to improve it, another feature is that it isn't necessary to use hand stamps, and is faster use it, more than ninjutsu or genjutsu. These techniques can also use weapons, like using my sword for example, it's perfect for those who want to save time and chakra, or those who rely on their physical attributes, It can also be used in conjunction with ninjutsu techniques to create nintaijutsu or with chakra flow" he said slowly, trying to understand how to explain it "Tell me if I go too fast or if you have doubts, I'm new at this, you know."
"What is ninjutsu and what's genjutsu? What is nintaijutsu or the flow of chakra?" She asked remembering successfully the names.
"Easy girl, we're getting in slowly" said Kisame "first, Ninjutsu literally means Technical arts, and Ninpō literally refers to any technique that uses chakra and allows the user to perform actions that a normal person would be unable to do. Unlike genjutsu, which causes the opponent to experience illusions, the effects of ninjutsu are real or physical. Ninjutsu is based on the different types of chakra and, most of the time, hand seals to be effective. In addition, many ninjutsu can be classified as an elemental jutsu, in those cases with a specific element either wind, water, fire, earth or lighting. This type of jutsu can also be used in combination with taijutsu, creating Nintaijutsu." Noticing the puzzled look she gave when he mentioned genjutsu replied: "I'll explain what is the genjutsu, that is the most complex of the three, but we have time.
The Genjutsu is created when a ninja extends its chakra flow through the cerebral nervous system of the adversary, reaching control of the chakra of its mind, thereby affecting their five senses. People with special skills or great intelligence find it easier to fight with genjutsu because it is fundamental attention to detail to escape or create the most powerful ones. Those under the influence of genjutsu can be frozen in place or lose consciousness. The genjutsu literally means illusory technique, are techniques that are used in the same way as a ninjutsu, requiring chakra and hand seals. According to some people, the genjutsu uses the yin element. This type of jutsu usually requires a lot of skill, and if you don't done properly, it will not work. The Genjutsu is most used by ninjas with very precise chakra control and very high intelligence, that's all.
"What is the yin element? So far you've just mentioned five chakra transformations" she said expressing her doubts.
"wait there, I will tell you about later, just let me finish the idea." replied Kisame
"But then there is no way to avoid one if it's particularly powerful? Anybody can be affected by them? "
"There are organisms that can't be affected by them given that the effects of genjutsu are active in a specific part of the brain, which is a unique feature of mammalian species, however, insects, for example, lack of a structure in their brains or nervous system, so they're capable of noticing, or can't even experience it, I don't understand it very well to be honest, but basically makes them immune to genjutsu" Kisame explained in the most basic way he could. "Now respect to Yin element, is an element that is based on the spiritual energy, governing imagination, are used to create forms from nothing and so" he explained, "and before you ask, yes, there is a counterpart called yang. The Yang element is an element that is based on the physical energy that controls life, and used to give life to forms." he said"I see." she said as her gaze was lost.
"I know it's a lot of information, but you can always ask me" he said trying not to overwhelm her.
"Okay, I think I got it" she said excitedly. "So what do we do now?" She asked even more excited.
"Run" he said without further
"only that? That's not ninja like" said Sakura pouted.
"Kitty, you have to start by somewhere, I have warned you we were getting in this slowly, I can increase the level only if you do the exercises successfully" he said trying to get her to bite.
"You're in." she said.
"Well, I want you to run until you feel your drop, only then you will be able to stop and don't even think about trick me" he was now quite seriously, "I'll know." She gulped involuntarily. "Now begin, run around the camp, now" he said.
Sakura began to run; the field was extensive and long, as it was designed to various types of combat from small to large distances. She ran and ran, didn't know how much time passed when her lungs began to protest, but still struggled, he had told her all that, and it would not be in vain, she wanted to be a ninja and running wasn't something that a civilian couldn't do, so she forced and she struggled a bit more, still running without thinking about anything else until a pain in her feet started up her legs, her breathing became agitated and she could feel her feet off her body, her face warm and wet, but she still thought she could do better so she forced herself to keep pace until she felt her feet pain was gone and listened to her heartbeat in her ear and the vision was putting blurred, mouth tasted like blood and the air was hot and heavy, she thought heard Kisame, but didn't hear what he said, she thought she was losing the pace and struggled a bit to go faster even though her heart was bumping against her ribs. Soon the ground came to meet her, while the colors mixed before her eyes.
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"Sakura" Kisame said seriously.
"Kisame-sama" she said looking at blue everywhere.
"Don't ever do that" almost yelled what caused her to shiver slightly. "I tell you to run until you can no more, but not until you lost consciousness and when I tell you to stop you don't, and then you force yourself to go, what did you try?" Now he was shouting, which made tears forming from her eyes that fell and lost in the ground, noting that, he softened his tone "you scared me" he said holding her awkwardly but sincerely, to which she clung to him and cried harder still wetting his shirt with hot tears that kept falling.
"Konan-sama won't get mad, you don't have to be scared" she said between sobs guiltily.
"It's not that what I was afraid." he said gently patting her head softer than usual.
"Then what was it?" She asked.
"Nothing important," he said as he wiped her tears trying to be gentle and with care to not to remove her fresh bandages. He didn't want to scare her and decided to say nothing about it, also he never had done that, he had never cured anyone in his entire life.
"Now what?" She asked
"you already completed the training successfully, now you need to rest, I'm late for my training with Kakuzu, you can stay here for a while if you want, or you can return to the base, I recomend the last one, see you later" said taking a sword that she hadn't noticed was there before.
Sakura then stayed in that part of the training ground so she decided to continue what Zetsu told her, so now with a little more knowledge about the chakra and the ninja arts, she wanted to complete it, she clasped her hands in a seal and concentrated chakra on her feet, she was prepared to take small steps in the tree trying not to exceed the amount, nor lower it.
Now it was easier than the day before and maybe this time could do so without losing focus, despite the fact that her head still hurt a little. She began to climb the tree until the tree branch, that used to be a trunk was too thin to keep going, she was on top and could see everything clearly, only trees in fact, the training camps were hidden though she didn't know the reason. She wanted to know if Kisame could tell her about it and about other things. Without wasting time she ran to where his chakra was without anything more in her mind.
She walked for a few sites full of trees and didn't notice when the space became a clearing, until a black spot came running to her encounter and cleared her out of the way.
"blossom-chan shouldn't be here, Orochimaru-senpai and Sasori-senpai are training here, blossom-chan in great danger, a lot of damage could have been done" Tobi said taking her in his arms carrying her to the base.
"But I had a question for Kisame-sama" she said in protest.
"Tobi can answer that" he said happily.
"Really?" She asked a little shocked by the unexpected help.
"Of course Tobi is a good boy and will help the pretty girl with everything he can"
"But recently Kisame-sama was training me and with the help of Zetsu-sama I have mastered a technique to climb trees without chakra just a few minutes ago and I wondered what could be achieved with that, I mean what is for?" She said.
"to climb trees easier" Tobi said brainer.
"But Kisame-sama said a good chakra control could help make better technical" she said "And I wanted to know what can I do now if I can walk on the trees." she replied.
"Ah, that's true, but Tobi doesn't know much about it, blossom-chan can find what she want to know in the books" Tobi said "there's a large library in the base, if you want, Tobi can take you there"
"I'd like that," she exalted said.
"Tobi is a good boy," he said before taking her in the other direction.
"Here's all concerning the control of chakra and other techniques" Tobi said. Sakura nodded and stood beside him "Go, take any of them, should be enough" he urged her, she stepped forward and took an obscure book that looked interesting, she approached a table that was there along with Tobi, not knowing what to do now she stared at him, "Go open it." He said excitedly, she obeyed and opened the book only to find strange symbols and lines that were mixed but were neat. She looked at him confused and asking for help "read it, I think you were lucky" Tobi said recognizing the information that was open to them.v
"I don't know how to do it Tobi-sama" she said shyly.
"Then Tobi will read it for you" he said happy to help "This speaks of chakra control to mastering techniques prohibited" he said pointing to the title.
"Prohibited techniques"? Sakura asked with interest.
"Yeah, Tobi isn't allowed to make any of them blossom-chan because they usually have a risk to the user," he said "but sometimes you need to perform them, or just do it for no apparent reason" he said.
"I don't understand, are supposed to be prohibited" she said.
"Yeah, that's because ..." Tobi suddenly silenced.
"There you are Sakura-chan" Konan said with a smile as she grabbed the collar of Tobi "I've been looking for you" continued smiling even if she was smothering someone "is there anything you want to know?" she asked.
"I just wanted to know what could be accomplished with chakra control" she said.
"Then come with me and I'll explain everything you want to know," she said, "but first, I must talk to Tobi about some things" she continued "while, you could play in the room" she said turning to face Tobi to made clear that he shouldn't take her to that side or even none of the library, because almost all documents kept mission reports, technical and banned or stolen and powerful jutsus, besides of things sealed in scrolls. Books and things for she wasn't ready… yet.
Sakura left the great place with the purpose to find the main room when she suddenly remembered that she had never been on that side of the base and was overwhelmed for being lost, she walked through the great hall without knowing where she was going. She found a door with a strange symbol on it, one that was similar to what had Konan and Kisame. Hoping to get out to a better known place for her, opened and entered the room, then she noticed the high number of 'dolls' that were in the room and things scattered all over the place, she was distracted looking at some that were together in a corner of the room and they were in very good condition and even resembled to the puppeteer member, that's why she didn't notice when the door suddenly opened.
"What are you doing in my room?" asked Sasori noticing the girl looking at his things.
"I didn't know it was your room Sasori-sama, I'm so sorry." she said hastily and shyly, was still shy to those she didn't know well.
"Didn't you notice the scorpion Kanji on the door little girl?" He asked irritably, but then thinking a little calmed down, it was obvious that if she had noticed hadn't understood, she couldn't read, after all she had, at most, four years and about her past nothing was known.
"I'm sorry I lost myself and I..." she started to babble unintelligibly.
"Where is Konan?" He asked.
"She was with Tobi-sama and me in the library, but she said she had to talk to him about some things." she said, he was not a fool and putting the pieces together, realized that being the idiot that Tobi was, must be in problems right now, he probably was caught by Konan. Surprised to found him reading to her protected a book that was banned, as many others in that room, and Konan maybe decided to make sure to let the thing 'pretty clear' to him. Resigned to the fact that Kisame was training with Kakuzu and Tobi and Konan were 'exchange views', It was almost obvious that he was stuck watching the brat
"Well, you can stay here until she get back" he sighed, which was followed by a long and uncomfortable silence that was filled only by the awkward glances to each other. Hers, because she didn't know him at all, only by presence and hardly ever saw him because she was always with Konan or playing with Tobi or more recently, with Kisame.
He shunned her like the plague to elide problems with the kunoichi of the base. He looked at her uncomfortable, part because he never anticipated being in that situation and, besides, something in the girl bothered him, it was as if she could see beyond what is actually seen and although it was a stupid fundament, he didn't like her, alive at least.
Orochimaru had told him that she was completely unusual, and he had taken care over her once in his laboratory, but apart from the fact that her ability to hide chakra and detect the others, he had not said much, but the snake had admitted that he had a certain fascination for her.
"Would you like to draw?" He tried awkwardly after a few minutes that seemed like hours.
"I-I have never tried it before." she admitted.
"Just take a paper and a pencil you like and stay on that side of the table and don't touch anything else." he said as he stood beside her on the table that was in his room, where he usually refined his puppets.
Sakura took the paper and began to doodle with the pen probably thinking about what she might do when she suddenly stopped and looked at Sasori with caution and full attention, as if inspecting everything from him and that made him uncomfortable.
"Did you need anything?" He asked sullenly.
"N-no, no" she quickly said nervously as she returned to her task, she turned without much success. Frustrated Sasori saw the girl suddenly stood still, perfect, he made her feel uncomfortable and would now she was all stiff beside him, their atmosphere and time and together would be even more uncomfortable than at first, so as an opportunity to break the pervasive quiet, he ventured "It might be easier for you to paint" proposed and although he had no answer tried again "is there anything you'd like?" he asked, hoping to make her forget her discomfort.
"Flo-flowers" she said shyly.
"Right" He said departing from the puppets pieces and taking the paper in front of her, he began to trace the drawing of various flowers on the sheet with great skill and expertise. The picture turned out to be full of different beautiful flowers that handed to Sakura. "You can paint it" she looked at him and nodded contemplatively, soon began to fill the blanks of different colors in complete silence.
"Sa-Sasori-sama" she said after a long time out of her comfort zone.
"What?" He asked with involuntary abruptness.
"No-nothing," she said nervously, not enough to feel quite embarrassed and uncomfortable because someone called at the door and Sasori rose to respond.
"Ah, Sasori she is with you" Konan said relieved.
"Yes" he said lamely.
"Sakura-chan will no longer bother you Sasori" she said and then she adressed to the girl "come sweetie I can teach you the theoretical training of a shinobi" Konan said, offering a sweet smile.
"In a minute Konan-sama" she ran to her and leaving the drawing on the table.
"Girl, you forget your drawing" Sasori said as she left.
"I painted it for you Sasori-sama, so you and your puppets won't be so sad and besides you don't have to create puppets to replace them. Those who left us likes flowers too." she said shyly before leaving with Konan.
"I'm not sad." he told himself monotonously after a long time of not moving, then he closed the door, "but what do you know about them and of me anyway?"
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"What overwhelms you?" He asked, always attracted his attention her questions, always were interesting or funny.
"Konan-sama told me to master the technique of climbing trees, she said it would make easier to learn new techniques because polish the chakra control." she said.
"Wait, can you climb trees with chakra?" asked Kisame interrupting her.
"Yes, Zetsu-sama taught me how to do it" she answered simply.
"Zetsu?!"
"Kisame-sama, the point is I want to know if there is another technique to help me improve my chakra control." she said, interrupting his shock.
"Sorry, I just didn't expect that, but regarding your question, yes there is a chakra control exercise that's on water." He said.
"on water?" She asked venturing.
"If you want I can show to you now, but don't rush if you don't get right away, is an exercise that is complicated even for the most experienced ninjas, so can take a while." He subsided her.
"okay"
Kisame took her on his shoulders to another hidden and different place that was in the middle of a forest, because everything related to the base was hidden. Sakura never had wondered why so far, but she ignored her concerns and simply centered in being directed to the place by Kisame. Entering more into it, she noticed that it was a wide lake probably formed over the years only with the rain that often fell in Amegakure.
"Here we are" he said putting her on the floor. Immediately he noticed that she was a little nervous since she began to twist her fingers.
"Isn't so bad, I think you would like it more than climb trees." Kisame said shaking her encouragingly hair, which left her a little exasperated because her hair was now like a birds nest, isn't that the man in blue skin characterize for being delicate and smooth.
"What's so funny?" She asked, pouting.
"Nothing," said ruffling softly her pink hair, she soon noticed that he laughed at her appearance so with both hands began to styling it again.
They walked in silence, lost in their thoughts, and while it is true that Sakura was excited to learn a new ninja technique, she was also a little scared, especially because...
"We are here kitty." Kisame said after a long silence, or at least it seemed that both had very outgoing personality, making it a moment of rare tranquility that occurred between them.
"..."
"Anything you want to share?" Kisame asked curiously.
"No, nothing at all, let's do it." Sakura said with a new determination.
"That's my girl!" Kisame said in a loud tone, but then turned serious, he always got serious when he taught something "Well, this is quite simple because everything is constant, you must balance your amount of chakra as the water moves, you must focus your chakra and adapt it to the water movement. I know it probably sound a little bit complicated, but soon or later will be natural" Kisame said "I'll show you how to do it now so keep your watchful eye."
Sakura watched diligently as Kisame approached the lake, took off his coat and put it in the hollow of a tree, then gathered his hands on a seal and put one foot in the water and then the other, admiring as small waves were formed around his feet, he was now standing in the water and not only that, he was beginning to walk to the depths of the lake.
"Now I want you to come to me ... if you can obviously." Kisame said, trying to encourage her, noticed that when he questioned or doubt of her, she was faster and adorable because she struggled to prove he was wrong.
Sakura felt the challenge in his voice, but when she look in the water and her feet, she began to have doubts, they didn't go unnoticed by the shark man.
"You are such a cat" Kisame said it as a joke, mocking her, lately he was doing it often, it was simply rewarding bother her because she made cute faces when she was angry.
"That's not true!" Shouted indignantly the volatile girl putting her hands in front of her with the tiger seal, concentrating her chakra and spreading like water in all her feet, as she did after Zetsu teach her how to climb trees. Once she felt ready, tentatively puts one foot in the water trying to create an extension of chakra according to the movement of water as Kisame had said, and that seemed to work, she began supporting her weight on that foot for the other to come later, but then a disturbance in her chakra caused her to sink into the shallow end of the lake which made her give a great shout of surprise.
"It's just water ki-tty." Kisame yelled back watching as she hesitated to try again.
Sakura ignored him and didn't respond, instead, shifted her chakra and tried to clear her mind to focus on the only action to spread chakra in a constant flow through her feet, and so did when she put the second foot in the water, now she was standing in water, once coupled to the movement of water began to move her right foot to walk, but suddenly the surface mantle of water became unstable and she knew would sink, so she quickly jumped back.
"And say you're not a cat." Kisame said mockingly.
"I am not! You're a cruel shark" screamed upset the girl, forgetting her disrespect" just wait and see."
"Just focus, but without thinking about it too much" he said coaching
"I'm trying here, you know." She said, but lowly, so Kisame thought had been overlooked for the second time.
Sakura again, waited for the water to calm down until she saw her image reflected perfectly without undulations and then prepared to put her first foot in the water, so temptingly, but safer than the first few times, she made it and after the water was calmed and waves formed around her foot, gave the second step that brought her feet together, slowly but steadily began to lift one foot and slowly waited for the other to take a step, not big, but a step after all. So she continued her ritual for a few minutes until there was a brief but significant distance from the lakeshore. Kisame was pleasantly surprised by her progress. He watched with a kind of pride as the small girl began to approach him slowly, but surely, and then he knew she already dominated it and decided to "cheer her up" more.
"At this rate I'm going to die of thirst here." Kisame said with mock exasperation.
"You're surrounded by water Kisame-sama." She said looking up from her reflection in the lake.
"Water isn't sake sweetheart" he said amused "but seriously, if you don't hurry then I think you will never reach me" He said, stepping back, he knew she had the potential and knew he should do more to take her workout to a new level, he demanded much and she had so far responded well, her resistance had increased considerably and her grip strength had improved too, in terms of her flexibility she was young so she was flexible, but he impulse her to do it better even though he couldn't do many of the exercises he asked because his style was more rigid and why not say it, brute.
"Not fair Kisame-sama." Sakura said when she saw him walking away, in what was to be her first complaint.
"Of course it is, I told you to come to me, not where I used to be" He said in his defense.
"But ..." she said something but he wasn't willing to bet on it.
"kitty, is just water you can swim if you fall." She didn't answer and just moved, faltering once again "don't be a coward and come to me" He said rogue.
"f-fine." Sakura said tentatively increasing the speed of her steps until she was walking slowly but surely, to which Kisame began to increase his speed, and suddenly ran off moderately. Sakura was determined to achieve her goal when suddenly a drop fell on her nose, looking up she realized that had started to rain and the superfiece beneath her turned blurred and now had little ripples everywhere, not allowing her to see the bottom nor could see her reflection. She began to doubt about the proper flow of chakra should send to her feet, so she began to become unstable and then sank with complete horror. Kisame saw this humorously until he didn't saw her coming to the surface, immediately thought she was joking with him as vengeance, but it had been a long time for a child, then the realization hit him, she didn't want to move away from the shore, so she walked slowly, so she didn't increase the speed by herself, she couldn't swim.
Kisame ran to where he had last seen her and plunged into the water also looking for something pink; He succeeded. Gradually he sank and saw a desperate girl ripping the water watching how the oxygen escaped from her lungs until he finally came over her and took one of her hands, pulling her to the surface.
"ghaa-ah." The pink-haired girl shouted out of the water filling her lungs with the precious gas that helped her stay alive, as he transported them to the mainland.
"I almost died of fear, hell, why don't you tell me you didn't know how to swim before the training?" Kisame shouted euphoric "I thought have told you not to do it again and to take it more serious Sakura" practically growled.
"Sorry, it's just that I..." she started babbling to note only recently what had been about to happen to her, and Kisame recently aware that she was just a child, so in an unexpected act he ruffled her hair less clumsy than the last time.
"No… don't do that again, never and please, take it seriously this time." Kisame said with a sigh of relief.
"Kisame-Sama, I'm sorry..." Sakura said tearfully.
"Okay, just don't scare me like that and... and stop shaking I promise I won't hurt you or something" Kisame said with awkward tenderness.
"It's just that the water was cold" Sakura said as her teeth chattered.
"What do you expect kitten? Ame isn't characterized by its tropical climate" He said with a laugh as he got up to get his coat and put it to her to protect her from cold "Now let's go inside before you catch a cold"
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"What are we doing here Kisame-sama?" Sakura asked with a little of fear.
"The rain ended two days ago and the weather is nice to learn to swim, and I'll teach you that before anything else." Kisame said
"W ... wait, I'm not ready, I..."
"I'm going to be here kitty" He said with a wink "by the way I don't like formalities so from now on don't call me Kisame-sama" he said after a moment "Oh, and by the way cruel shark is no option" he said, causing her to lower her eyes in shame to discover that he still remembered about it, which made him laugh at her expense "try one" he suggested.
"Don't you bother?" She asked doubtfully
"No, just try"
"what about Sharky-san?" She asked, tilting her head.
"Could be worse" he said, "I guess it's fair…kitten"
