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The shock begins to calm itself, I look up and see an all too familiar face. I grip the sword at my right, and stand up. My head is swirling and I feel a bit dizzy, but I stabilize my feet and stop the motions.
"Join our training group, Ka-ryuu! My brother will teach us!" The hand stretches out to me. I take it into mine. I feel Izuna's strong grip once more.
"How is your brother teaching?" I ask. Madara is still young, surely just because he had the Sharingan now, didn't mean he would jump in rank? Or would it?
"Madara is an officer, and our father trusts him to keep us in top condition," Izuna bounces happily as we make our way over. I smile, he's so full of light.
The loud chinks of the swords sound loudly as a pair of boys practice. Madara folds his arms and watches over them. Something about his eyes seems different though, they're red... but I must be too far away to see.
The boy on the left sweeps his foot around his partner's and kicks it back, causing the latter to fall. The stronger one takes his sword as his opponent attempts a reversal, but is blocked by a blade.
"Dead." Madara's voice calls out as he drops his arms and walks over.
"Gah! Unfair! He was using a special sword and -"
"Right... and the Senju can't have special swords? The Senju can't counter our attacks? The Senju can't kill us? If this was a real battle, you would have just become a casualty."
The loser of the battle pouts as he stares at his smirking opponent.
"Thirty laps, and kitchen duty tonight. Go." Madara turns to face the winner of the battle. The other boy must have just gotten his punishment for losing. I watch Madara's dark eyes close in on the winner, "Ten laps, and cleaning duty."
I turn to Izuna, "Isn't he the one who won?" I don't understand why he would be getting a punishment as well.
"My brother is a tough teacher..." Both our eyes watch as Madara instructs the other boy in foot work. Madara has gotten much swifter since we had last met. Last fall. Had it really been so long ago?
"Ka-Ryuu versus Inabi," Madara's voice calling my second name almost shocks me. His eyes turn to me, like he's seeing right through my disguise. I gulp the large ball down in my throat. My palms are already starting to sweat. I pick up the sword at my side.
Here goes nothing.
"Rules are simple. Don't lose. Don't make mistakes. Anything goes, but practice with sword." Madara's words are crisp and demanding. I nod profusely. My eyes narrow with determination.
"I'm ready."
Madara nods and I stare at my opponent. Pretend he's an enemy. Destroy him. I try filling my mind with thoughts of victory and pressure. I can't lose.
"Begin!" His voice booms as I step on my heel to bash into my enemy. His sword clashes against mine, causing us both to skid back. I sweep my leg around the dirt and lunge in for a clean shot. He easily counters.
My eyes grow wide as I see something I've never seen before. Something in his feet... They are lighting up with a blue energy. I watch it grow as he uses it to step up onto me faster. Something about that blue power is making him move quicker. Could it be chakra?
I turn my sword over in my hand and brush it against his body. Instead of resisting, Inabi pushes himself forward, thrusting himself onto me. I fall backwards in retaliation. His sword begins to come down over my head as I roll to the side. I need to figure out a quick way to get back up on my feet.
An odd thought crosses before me. I close my eyes quickly and hold my hands to my chest. The odd energy is there. Breathe slowly. I focus my attention to my feet. Put your power there. Fast!
The sword swings at my head at the same moment a surge of strength flows through my veins and into my feet. I use the jump-start and kick myself up, landing on my two feet. Dodging the sword. I breathe a sigh of relief, as my body moves to its own accord dodging the oncoming blows.
I was used to this now.
I look up quickly and see Madara's eyes shifting in and out of red and black. What was he doing? I rotate my hands as I prop the sword down at my side and whip myself around it, landing a kick into Inabi's face. He flies back holding his nose.
A smirk creeps on my confident mug.
"Woah! Killer kick Ka-ryuu! Finish him!" Izuna cheers me on, with a strong intensity in his eyes. I giggle to myself. He always believes in me, even if he doesn't even know it's me.
My entire body feels stronger. Inabi comes back, slashing his sword around angrily. I jump back rapidly.
"How are you so quick? You're just a newbie!" He yells as he tries to slit my throat. We clash the swords against each other. My arms shake as I try to hold my place. I dig my feet into the ground, planting myself so I won't move any more.
The blue energy slips to his arms and I can feel he will overpower me. His sword beats heavily down on mine. Sweat starts to drip down the back of my neck, and it's taking more energy to just slow down my breathing and stay calm.
He grunts loudly and the sword flings out of my hand, landing in a sticky black barrel. My eyes grow wide with fear. I can't protect myself now.
I lower my breath and place my feet again. For some reason I can watch the man's energy, and sense the other's energy around me. I still don't quite know what Madara is doing with his eyes. All his energy is cooped up there at the moment.
The fresh spring air bellows into my stomach as I breathe deeply. I place my footing in between Inabi's as I duck under another reckless swing. He hops around my planted body as I swoop in underneath his legs. I quickly flip myself onto my feet and run for the barrel.
A quick metal object darts by my face. But it's not a sword. I study it quickly as it lays in the dirt. It's like a knife, but it's sharpened for speed and pinpointing. Another flies by. I whip my head around and see Inabi charging at me, sword cocked, but other hand flinging these knives.
My feet fly quickly on the ground as I whip my sword out of the goo. It smells repulsive, and drips with the black stuff as if it were blood. I run my finger along it. My brain quickly runs through the possibilities of the substance. Would it be lethal? Would I kill my opponent?
My nose scrunches as I take one more quick whiff. This time I am certain I know what it is. Oil.
Without thinking my hands dart up and I am forming the signs once more. I can practically feel Izuna's hands guiding mine. The energy rushes into me and my lungs get hot as I spit the fire out and ignite the sword. It's a bit larger then the time I practiced it with Izuna. The heat warms my cheeks almost immediately.
Inabi stops rapidly right before reaching the tip of my now flaming sword. His eyes are wide. My inner-self is cheering jubilantly. I am going to win.
We clash swords once more, but the fire is growing hot. It practically nips Inabi every time. Now he can't be so reckless. He needs to be cautious of the flame. I summon my energy once more, but I find it a bit depleted. So I can't just spit fire willy-nilly? I shake my head. Now isn't the time for ninja-body-theory lessons.
I flash the flamed sword before his eyes as a distraction. I cast a quick glance on Madara to see his reaction. To see if he has already figured out my plan. He has a soft grin and raised eyebrow, as he watches me sneak behind my opponent. I delete the flames from the sword, leaving only the original hot metal as I wrap it around Inabi's neck. If I pulled the sword back towards me...
"Dead! Ka-ryuu wins." Madara's voice is music to my ears. I plop to the ground, breathing heavily. The adrenaline must have kept me going through most of that. The chakra of my body is practically gone. My strong cousin walks over to us, his power alone is threatening. Izuna was right, something has changed in him.
He flashes the red eyes away before I can see them up close. He shakes his head as he nears Inabi, "You lost to a brand new recruit. Forty laps, and... bathroom duty."
Inabi's mouth drops and his eyes glower at me, "I didn't know he'd be that good! I was going easy! Bathroom duty?! This is -"
A quick flash of black shakes our surroundings. I gasp as the now-much closer Madara leans into Inabi's face, sword cocked and knife at the ready. Not only was he fast... he was also deadly. My heart beats as I read the mood of this situation. This odd feeling. I can see Madara's energy, it's so cold.
"Do not undermine me. My word is final."
His tongue is so sharp. I look down at my hand, now covered in fresh blood. I had stabbed myself in fear. My cousin's movement was so sudden. My left arm continues to shake. I've never seen my cousin so distant. So dark.
His eyes narrow down towards mine. Fear rides down my spine. What will my punishment be? He moves his hand down towards me. True terror is now my only feeling. My cousin must be angry. He is going to kill me. I want to scream out the truth. Who I am. He wouldn't kill me then... would he?
"Good job," I let out a yelp in surprise, as I try to cover it with a cough. The reality I had created for his answer now shatters my original thoughts. His voice is so soft now, so gentle. His hand is still lowered as he holds it out to me. I take it and grip it to stand, "You've impressed me... which is hard to do. But let this be your warning, now I have my eyes on you. Don't disappoint me. You're very nimble, and I can already tell your strengths are in your mind, flexibility, and legs. Your arms however are very weak." He moves his finger up to his lip, "Soldier Izuna!"
Izuna stands up and runs obediently to his brother, his posture is straight. They show no signs of shared blood anymore... it seems odd for the pair.
"Take Soldier Ka-ryuu and train him in upper body. I also want him to train in stamina. Make it happen, Soldier Izuna."
"Hai!" Izuna nods stiffly as his brother passes and leaves us alone. We wait a few moments and watch as Madara turns into a small black dot at the end of the encampment.
I turn cockily to Izuna, "So when do we get to kick some Senju-butt?"
Izuna laughs as he pats me on the back, "You're no where near ready man! I have been training for a few years now. If anyone's ready it's me!"
I roll my eyes, "You're pretty confident there aren't you?"
"Pff! Yea! I'm Izuna Uchiha!" His smile widens as he clasps his chest.
"Your name means nothing to me," I turn around and try and hide my wide grin as I play with his head.
I can hear his shock as his smile grows into a grimace, "Gah! You know what just for that I'm making you do a harder exercise! Follow me!"
He takes off in the direction of a hill. I quickly tag behind him.
"Faster!" He yells as he picks up the pace, leaving a small cloud of dust behind him.
How did he? I quickly start to jog up and follow behind him. I can hear his laughing from all the way back here. Little jerk!
The path he chose is littered with tents and older men. I duck around one carrying a large tray of food. I hop over a group of them playing cards. Dodging the tents and their stakes is getting more difficult as Izuna taunts me from afar. My chest starts burning and I can feel my sides aching out in pain as I pant for sweet relief. But I can't give up, not yet.
Once again I pick up the pace, placing a small amount of chakra in my feet. I was getting the hang of this. Quickly, the little black dot becomes nearer and nearer. I go for a short burst of energy at the very end as I near Izuna. I can almost grab the back of his shirt.
A smile creeps onto my face as I reach out to get his neckband. He's about to hit the mountain anyways.
"Gotcha!" I yell as I stretch to grab the shirt. My eyes flash forward as he disappears and I fall down to eat the earth.
I cough as I sit up, brushing the dirt and rocks off of my body. I stare around me. Where did he go? A rock drops on my head. I look up at a smirking Izuna standing perfectly on the rocks.
"Hey! How did you do that?!" I yell up at him. I can see my answer, but I know it's hopeless. He has his chakra stream going directly towards his feet to hold him. Either my chakra is too weak at the moment or that move takes too much skill... in any sense it's hopeless.
"Hehe, just try one of these... they're called Hyourougan," He tosses down a round brown pill. I roll it around in my fingers. Would it restore my chakra? Or is it a trick...
Izuna crosses down a bit to watch my reaction. I wonder if I could just take his chakra, that'd be easier. I stare up momentarily and catch a glimpse of his ankle. Worth a try.
I crush the pill and let the powder fall to the ground as my other hand reaches for Izuna. I suppress my chakra to my hand as I use the power to leak out Izuna's. The new chakra seeps into me and I feel my power being restored.
"Hey! Don't steal my chakra!" He yells as he kicks me back. Izuna turns to scale the wall again. This time I'll join him!
I place the new chakra down in my feet and revel in the new wave of energy. My feet plant on the rock and start to reach and climb up. Quickly placing one foot in front of the other. I grab a rock in front of me for quick support. But it seems weak.
It breaks off and I start falling. My feet are still planted but now I spread out, I can see up my legs, but my shirt flops down over my head.
I hear a roar of laughter from Izuna. But I gasp, the bandages! He'll see them! I quickly try and scurry to pull the shirt down and regain my confidence. In doing so, I accidentally sever the chakra flow to my feet. I look down in fear as I start to fall. I wasn't too far up, but a fall from here would be dangerous.
Panic strikes me and exaggerates my thoughts. I'm going to die! My body shakes and I get overwhelmed with emotion. A hand grabs my waist tightly.
I cough out. I continue to shake. The ground isn't moving up around me anymore... my heart beat starts to flow again as I assume I am once more safe. I turn my head and find Izuna breathing heavily. He pulls me up to the top of the hill. Climbing it with very little chakra, mostly only raw strength.
My body is tossed down on the top of the cliff as he falls to the ground and pants heavily. He had just saved my life.
I roll off of him and look away. Thank you, cousin. Thank you so much. I hear him stand up and move away.
"Well... that took a lot of chakra. Oh, thanks by the way, for depleting my source and wasting my last Hyourougan! Yea, thanks a lot."
"Well what did you want to do here anyways?" I ask annoyed.
"We were going to train! But you had to go and fall! Why didn't you tell my brother you were a chakra leecher? That would have changed things – it makes up for your lack of stamina. And then we would have had a different exercise!"
"I didn't know I could do that! I thought everyone could!"
"No! It's a special ability! Jeez! Where did you learn your ninja stuff from? You're clueless!"
"I learned it from yo-" I stop as I catch myself, "I learned it from my father, but he's been on the field most of the time."
I watch Izuna grumble as he seems to accept my answer. He moves to a far side of the cliff. It was rather jagged, and not very stable. I study the rocks as I play with them in my hands, they could crumble at any moment. But the view is nice.
I stare down at the nice little organized tents, there's a large forest to the right and the left, and then more mountains. I strain my eyes as I try to catch a glimpse of the Senju camp or at least the battlefield. But no such luck. We must be pretty far from them.
I hear the movement of the ground shake at my feet, and then a loud scream. Izuna! The rocks tumble downwards toward the forest. I rush over to grab him, but I don't see him. I stare down in terror. He's already half way towards the ground.
"Izuna!" I screech as I jump down to save him. As my feet leave the ground I finally realize a flaw in my plan. I have no idea what I am doing. This was a horrible idea.
I rack my mind for what to do, I need to get to him. Quickly. I scrunch my nose, there's so much I don't know about this chakra. But I have to do what I can!
My face points upwards as I spit out a cloud of fire to propel myself downwards. I swish my arms around, looking for Izuna. A rock jabs me in the face as I grab the top of his hair. My fire extinguishes. I thrust myself into the wall of rock as Izuna clings to my back.
I grab with the little chakra I have left and hastily latch onto any rock that will hold. But none will, they're so weak. I have to break our landing!
I shove myself into the rocks as they scratch and cut my skin. I reposition Izuna's hands, so they stay put and then reach my arms out, dragging the stones down with me. But we're slowing down. I turn sideways as the bottom nears us.
The world ceases from me and it all becomes black.
I can't remember if we hit the bottom or not. I'm not even sure if we're dead or not. My body is not in my control. It feels so weak, and heavy. I can feel my mind leaving me too... only leaving an empty and thoughtless shell. The shell of Kasura.
Sniff. Sniff. Drop. Drop.
My eyes are still glued shut, but a little bit of my mind is coming to me once more. Perhaps my journey from one world to another is complete.
"Ka-ryuu don't die! Please come back!" I can hear faint yelling. My body is still numb though. "We didn't know each other that long, but you're one of my only friends!" There's a bit of coughing and it sounds like a little bit of sobbing as well. "Don't leave!"
My arms start to vibrate a little bit. Like my body is going into restart. I feel warm water drip down my cheeks. Slowly I flash an eyelash, but the eye droops back shut. I try again and look up towards me.
"Izu-?" I can hardly form the words, my voice covered with rasp. I am tackled into his arms. I can hear him trying to say something but it is muffled by his head in my hair. I happily wrap my arms back around him. I am so happy you're okay Izuna. His puffy face pulls back and stares at me. His eyes are deep red from emotion and I can finally assess his damage. There are cuts and bruises littering his body, I reach up to massage one but he speaks before I can.
"Ka-ryuu I thought you were dead! I am so... sorry..." He pulls back and whips his face, killing the tears.
I can't help it... even though I feel weak and destroyed, I giggle, "Were you crying?"
His face lights up and gets defensive, "I most certainly was NOT crying! Liar!" He points a finger at me and I push it out of my face.
"Sure."
"Ack! Don't make fun of me! You're a jerk! Who goes jumping off cliffs to save someone? I would have been fine if you hadn't jumped off you know!"
"Oh yea... then you'd be splattered on the ground, perfectly fine."
Izuna sighs and twitches his eyebrow once more. He turns away and folds his hands on the back of his head.
"Yea, well, thanks..."
"You're welcome Izuna." I smile warmly. My entire body feels drained and sore. It's hard to move. I attempt to stand, but find it nearly impossible. I place my hand next to me, but it crumbles under the pressure and I fall back down. Izuna comes over to pick me up.
"You can't walk?" He asks, touching my body. I remember my secrets and swat his hands away.
"I can, I just need some help," I try to convince him I'm alright and he lifts me over onto him, wrapping my arm around his shoulder.
He stares up at the sky, "We need to head back, it's getting late... and we both need to be looked at by a doctor."
I shake my head rapidly, "We're both fine, we just need to some sleep and a meal – no medical attention!"
"Are you kidding?"
I tense up the air is weird, "Shh!" I throw my body off of Izuna's and thrust him and me under one of the fallen rocks. I press my back onto it and tuck my legs to my chest.
"What's wrong Ka-ryuu?" I cover his mouth as I close my eyes tightly. All around us. There was a large strong chakra. Many people... but not Uchihas. No, I was positive they were not our blood. I hold my hands tightly as I try to read the characters. My heart jumps as they move closer.
"Senju," I mouth to Izuna. His eyes grow wide. We both know we are in no state to fight. He tucks in closer to me. We need to stay quiet. I try to swallow my fear as the chakra swarm moves closer to us.
One character appears in front of our rock.
"I can sense some people over here, Hashirama!" A boy's voice bellows out.
Izuna furrows his brow, "Tobirama," is all I can read on his lips.
"Brother, let it be, we're just searching for a good entry... we're not attacking till later. Besides your sensing needs work – it's probably only animals you sense."
The other boy humphs in annoyance and turns to follow his brother. The two chakra clouds leave to join the large. So the one boy could read chakras too. I stare at Izuna, who is clenching his fists and shutting his eyes.
I stroke his cheek and he stares at me. Trying to figure something out in his mind. I quickly take my hand away... we were supposed to be two guys. I blush and he stares downward.
Nice one, Kasura.
I feel the chakra cloud dispersing. They are walking the opposite direction from our camp. Which will buy us time. We need to return the message.
The large group is around five kilometers away. I grab Izuna's hand and we leave the stone.
"I don't have a lot of chakra to keep sensing Izuna, so we need to stay quiet. Are we close to the camp?"
"Yea, we have a secret passageway not too far from here."
I limp on my beat up leg as I attempt to move quickly through the forest. I look to my right, surprised, when Izuna wraps my arm around his shoulder again. I smile to myself as we move quicker. We pass the placid rocks and turn swiftly into a dipped corner.
Izuna stands before a large rock. He forms several hand signs as I keep guard. Sensing for the Senju. Izuna nods to me and we head in, sealing the rock behind us. We breathe a sigh of relief.
We walk quickly through the carved cliff and down a deep set of passageways. I pass a large room, and peak in. Izuna stops and turns to me, "Ka-ryuu we need to hurry up and get our wounds dressed and talk about the battle plans of -" He stops and follows my questioning eyes, "Oh, that's our family's tablet. I can't read it yet, only Madara... once I get my Sharingan I'll understand it!" He smiles widely at me and I share in his joy.
I lean on a pillar and stare at him. He nods, understanding the need for a break.
"So tell me, how did you know those people back there?"
His eyes look up, surprised, "I never told you I knew them!"
"Well, it wasn't that hard to read off you..."
"You can read chakra too... you're pretty special you know?"
I shrug, "I don't know. I'm new to all this."
Izuna breathes in, "Those two... well, I remember following Madara, he was good friends with the older one, Hashirama. But Hashirama's little brother was the sensor one – I didn't know he could do that. That's good information. But anyways, we fought one day, and Madara and Hashirama stopped us both." He pauses a minute, "I was pretty ready for the fight, but there was something weird about Tobirama... like he wasn't the usual Senju... he wanted my blood, badly. But I'll never forgive the Senju."
"Why not?" I ask nonchalantly.
He stares at me with these large angry eyes, "They've killed my brothers..."
My mouth drops open. What? It can't be. My other cousins... I was always told they were busy fighting. They can't be dead! Why would no one tell me?! "That can't be true!" I retort, a little more emotional then I should be. He doesn't know I know who he's talking about.
The sweet little brothers. The innocent little boys. Now dead? I am still shocked.
"Madara has vowed to protect me, and I've vowed to protect him... he's my only brother left." I see the sadness in Izuna's face. I want to hug him, to tell him it's alright. But I can't.
Think like a guy... "No worries!" I say, smiling, "You've got two brothers looking out for you now! I'll never let you get hurt Izuna!"
Izuna stares at me for a moment, and then lets a smile form, "I'm counting on you. But I won't let you get hurt either! We'll both get stronger together!"
"We'll be the best in the clan!" I grin widely.
Izuna stands up, "Yes! You, me, and Madara! All of us together! We'll lead our family to victory!" He laughs as he slides back down. We sit like that a while. I've never had a relationship like this with someone.
We pump fists against each other and head back out, exiting the tunnel. We walk slowly through the encampment, accepting the stares from the older men. We turn into a large opening and head into the large meeting tent in the center. Madara is sitting near the front by his father, an empty seat left next to him.
His eyes are closed as he calls out to us, "Izuna you're la-" His eyes open and stare at his wounded brother. They grow wide. He rushes from around the table, leaving our leaders to stare at the scene.
Madara rubs Izuna's face, as he tries to push away, "We were just training when... I... fell off the cliff and -"
"You FELL off the cliff! Izuna! How dare you be so reckless! Do you think you're a young child anymore! You're almost thirteen years old, be more careful! You need to go to the doctor! Do you understand how terrible it would be if you died! I can't understand..."
"The Senju are coming here," I speak out, interrupting Izuna's scolding. Madara stares at me, and the attention of the elders' shifts to me as well.
"How do you know?" He asks with a suspicious voice.
"When we fell, I had sensed a large wave of chakra not too far from us. Sure enough the Senju were coming for our encampment. So far they've headed west, five Kilometers from the cliff. Izuna was able to recognize a Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju. The Tobirama one, with sensing abilities... but not on-Paar with -"
"Hashirama?" Madara asks loudly turning to Izuna.
Izuna looks down and nods.
Madara pushes his palm to his forehead as he sighs, "Fine. You and Soldier Ka-ryuu get some rest and your wounds treated. Gather our squad and keep them on the outskirts, no need for them to become casualties yet. Ka-ryuu, you're a tracker, huh? When this 'ambush' begins I want you and Izuna by my side... we're going to gather information."
I turn to Izuna and nod. Madara really was a leader. He turns back to the table of Elders.
"We need to form our battle plan, we'll need to set up a formation of secondaries and," he turns and sees us still standing there, "Go! And heal! Wait for my call!"
We nod quickly and leave. Izuna breaks the silence, "I don't know what's up his ass today. He always gets so emotional whenever someone mentions Hashirama."
I laugh a bit, "When isn't he emotional?"
Izuna stops, "You don't know him! Don't talk about my brother that way!"
I bite my lip and shift my feet a bit. But I do know your brother.
I shake my head and decide to do some quick damage control, "But I thought we were both teaming up here... so only you can make fun of him?"
"That's right! Only me!" He grins. Well at least he's smiling. I don't want Izuna mad at me. I sneak a glance at him through the corner of my eyes. What was this that I feel for him? This is all new...
We open the flap of the medical tent and duck in. There doesn't seem to be anyone inside. Just a few empty beds. Izuna waves to a little old man sleeping on his chair.
The old man snorts and stands up. He grabs his cane and waddles over to us. His eyes droop a bit and he scratches his chin, looking us both over.
"Pick up your shirt, boy!" He yells, poking my sore chest.
I cringe a bit and turn to Izuna with begging eyes. I lean in and whisper in a pretend-embarrassed voice, "I have weird scars there... I don't want to show anyone."
Izuna nods respectively, "Yea, he can't... We have more outside wounds like our arms."
I smile as thanks. It was getting hard to keep up this lie. And what is my family thinking? I had been gone for a few days now. Either they were worried sick, or weren't sure what to do. I hope my brother covers for me.
The old man lays Izuna on a bed and starts to bring a greenish chakra to his hands. Izuna sits up in protest, "No! Ka-ryuu first! He's more injured then me!"
The old man nods and moves to my body. He lifts my arm and wraps a tight bandage around it, cutting off its circulation. Then he uses the green chakra to seal the skin back together. I feel my energy restoring.
He places a warm pad on my cheek and starts wiping away the dirt. He sets a frothy soup in front of me and I sip it quickly. My hunger rearing its head in. I can't believe I had forgotten to eat the entire day.
The old man goes over to Izuna and strokes his hair a bit, before getting to work. I look at some of the small cuts that were once on my hands... now gone. The green chakra really does some magic.
"Why is there only one of you?" I ask to the man. He doesn't look up from Izuna's body as he hand feeds the broth.
"The Senju are smart. We're the first they take out." The old man chuckles, "I've already lost many a friend to them. So I enjoy healing you boys up to go get your revenge."
I move to the side of the bed, now feeling no pain at all. I walk over to Izuna and stare at the old man.
"Can I help?" I ask.
The man snorts, "I don't know kid... you can try – focus your chakra into your palms and try to weave the skin of that cut back together."
I look at the small scrape. How easy. I focus my chakra to my hands and near my finger tips. I let it seep into Izuna and try weaving it but the path of the chakra only splatters out of control. I can't seem to change the flow, it comes out blue, and not green like the other man's. I furrow my brow in concentration.
"Haha, it takes a lot of chakra control to do this sonny, you can't get it right off the bat."
Izuna looks up to both of us, "Besides, you're a sensor, just do your sensing thing!"
"Oh, how rare!" The old man smiles to us both. It reminds me of my grandfather, before he left us. He whips Izuna's forehead.
A loud gong signs shattering through all of our spines.
Izuna and I share a look. The Senju were here. Early.
Izuna shakes off the old man and grabs a handful of the black pills, he pops one to me, "We'll need max chakra. Come on Ka-ryuu, we need to find my brother!"
"We need to tell the new recruits to stay back, I thought!"
"Too late! Hurry up!"
I look back behind me one last time. Real battle. No going back. We find Madara through the hoards of rushing men, as he tosses us our armor and we quickly lace it on. He gives me a sword.
"Only for protection. Stay by me, and let me know who's who and where they are."
I gulp down the nervousness in my throat. I don't even dare to mention I just learned how to do this today... I follow quickly behind Madara as a wave of opposing Senju chakra washes over us. What a power!
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