When
she walked through the door, two midgets attacked her. They clung
themselves to her legs and wouldn't let go.
"Hey, guys!"
Chie yelped out as she lost your balance and fell.
"Where were
you?!" Seiji asked. "You weren't in bed when we went in there
to wake you up!"
"I was on a walk," she said, trying to pull
Ken and Seiji off. "I wrote a note."
"You did?" Ken asked,
a confused chibi.
"Yes she did," Jun said walking into view
from the kitchen. "Then why didn't you…" "I was about to
tell you before you attached yourselves to your sister." Ken and
Seiji let go of Chie and looked away from their mother with
embarrassed faces on. Chie gave them a soft smile and patted their
heads. They both looked at she and smiled sheepishly.
"It's
ok guys," she said. She smelt a sweet smelling aroma coming from
the kitchen. "Is that pancakes I smell?" Both Ken and Seiji ran
to the kitchen and sat in their seats. Chie chuckled to herself and
walked to her seat.
"Mom I'm going out!" Chie hollered
as she walked out the door later that day.
"Not so fast,
Onee-chan," Ken said from behind her, "you said that you were
going to train us today."
"I know," she smiled, "I said I
was going to have a surprise for you, didn't I? I'm going to get
it." "Really?" "Of course, why else would I be going out?"
Before Ken could say anything else, she left.
Once she was near
the forest, Chie ran in a full sprit and made it to the training spot
in a matter of seconds. When she arrived, Jiraiya jump, literally, 5
ft. in the air.
"Would you not do that?!" he panted out,
holding a hand at his chest. "More importantly, how can you do
that?" Tsunade and Orochimaru standing there as well and Chie
looked at them. Orochimaru shrugged and Tsunade nodded.
"Ok
Jiraiya-san, you want to know why I'm faster than an average human,
correct?" she asked going right to him. He nodded and she moved her
hair behind her ear. Jiraiya turned white and jumped 6.5 ft in the
air.
"HOLY SHIT!" he yelped out. Chie, Tsunade, and
Orochimaru laughed.
"Oh c'mon Jiraiya, is it that much of a
surprise?" Tsunade asked, "After all you were the one making all
the 'cat' comments."
"You mean you guys already knew?!"
Jiraiya asked with his mouth gapping open.
"Yeah 'cause
Tsunade-chan's been my friend for, like, ever," Chie explained
before anyone started fighting, "and Orochimaru-san found it out on
his own. OK so Tsunade-chan, we're here, so get started on your
requirements."
Tsunade nodded. "Ok so we all know that
Chie-chan's father is here and she hates him…"
"Hell
yeah," she interrupted quickly. Tsunade ignored her and
continued.
"So I had the idea for spending the night at my
house, all of us, since Riku believes that Chie-chan has a mission
with Orochimaru. So how about it guys?"
"I'm up for it,"
Chie said almost immediately. Orochimaru gave a shrug and Jiraiya
agreed as well. "Ok so come to my house around 7, sound good?"
The three of them nodded to her. She nodded and said, "Well I got
to go now so see you guys later," and left.
Jiraiya left quickly
after saying something along the lines of "research."
"Hey
Orochimaru-san, I've got a favor to ask you," Chie said to her
only companion left. He turned to her, indicating that he was
listening. "Will you come and help me train Ken and Seiji? I
promised them a surprise in training last night so… will you?"
The
snake nodded and said, "I don't see why not, I don't have any
plans for today." She gave him a smile and the two of them walk to
the Kisaruga house.
As they arrived at the house, Ken and Seiji
were throwing kunai and shuriken at a target. Chie glanced at the
window and saw Riku there. She glared at him, knowing he was looking
at her, and turned herself to her brothers' progress.
Orochimaru
was already behind them and, apparently, they did not know he was
there. She rolled her eyes as he tapped them both on their shoulders.
They quickly turned around with kunai in their hands and a fighting
stance.
"Nice reflexes," Chie smiled at them. Ken and Seiji
looked to her with huge smiles on.
"Onee-chan is
Orochimaru-sempai going to train us too?" Seiji asked. He had
seemed to like Orochimaru over Jiraiya, which is a surprise. Seiji is
the immature brother and Orochimaru is the mature friend. Strange
combination.
"No, he's here to help us bake cookies for the
Hokage," she says with sarcasm. Ken and Seiji turned to each other
and gave each other a high-five. Chie walked over to the boys and
examined their work. She noticed that Ken was using kunai and Seiji
was using shuriken. "Why are you guys only using one tool?"
"I
can't throw shuriken that good," Ken said, "I don't know how
Seiji does it." She looked at your youngest brother and he nodded.
Chie sighed and looked at Orochimaru. "Wanna teach them the
basics before going on?" Being a person that thinks ahead, she
already had something planed that would surely help the boys with
up-coming tests and exams. Also it'll be a good review for her and
Orochimaru. The snake ninja nodded and he turned to little Seiji and
started to explain the basics of throwing kunai, while she went over
to Ken and explained shuriken.
He walked into the house when
he saw Chie and her friend training his sons. He smiled to himself,
enjoying how Chie loved the boys. When Jun was pregnant with Ken,
Masaru was worried that Chie might not accept him. But she begged to
hold him when he was brought home. It was the same with Seiji. She
would always volunteer to watch over them for him and Jun. At first,
he thought it was because she was an only child and wanted someone to
play with, but now he could see that she just wanted to try and erase
Riku from the picture. Even at a young age she hated him with
passion.
Anyway, Masaru was walking by the kitchen when he heard
his wife's voice.
"Must she really have to go?" she asked,
her voice threatening to crack.
"Yes, her aging has already
stopped and she doesn't need any more attachments," Riku's
voice said simply, no trace of emotion what so ever. "But she's
still a child, Riku." "More of a reason for her to leave now."
"But she needs to learn her Kekkei Genkai, still!" "According
to you, only a few posses it. You were the only one in your
generation."
"Now what's this about Chie leaving?" he
asked, walking in. Being part demon, Chie was supposed to have a
longer life span and she hasn't really changed that much lately.
The two turned to him and Riku sent a glare.
"What concerns
my daughter does not concern you, Renski," he said.
"Maybe
so," Masaru said, sending him his own glare, "I believe that Chie
should have a say in this."
"Ok
you two understand now?" Chie asked, moving some hair out of her
face. Her brothers nodded and she turned to Orochimaru and nodded.
"Ok now listen up, this is the fun part. Now we're going to go
through a mission situation. You two are the ones in charge and
Orochimaru-san and I are your comrades. You two are against each
other. What we are doing is to take these scrolls," she pulled out
two scrolls from her pockets, "and bring them back here. We will be
starting… 3 miles away in different places. The point of the
mission is to protect your scroll from the enemy and bringing it
safely here. Understood?"
"But wouldn't it be cheating for
whoever has you on their team, Onee-chan?" Seiji asked.
"There
are no fair plays," she said, smiling, "Imagine all the jutsus
you know and then multiply that by thousands and you wouldn't even
get all the jutsus."
"And remember the three main types of
jutsus," Orochimaru said, "Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and Ninjutsu. As
your sister already said, there are hundreds upon millions of just
Ninjutsu. Jutsus could do anything."
The two boys thought this
over. After a minute they both nodded and Ken said, "I chose
Orochimaru-sempai." Chie rolled her eyes slightly, wondering if Ken
even understood why Seiji asked his question. Ken somehow caught
this. "Orochimaru-sempai is better than you!"
She popped an
anime blood vessel. "How do you know that?" she asked, resisting
the urge to strangle him.
"He's a boy."
"That's bull. Look at how much stronger Tsunade-chan is compared to Jiraiya-san."
"But you are better than Tsunade-san and Orochimaru-sempai is better than her, too."
"Are
you trying to say I can't beat a snake, Ken?"
"That's
enough, Chie-san," Orochimaru said, a smile tugging at his lips.
She glared at him and he gave her a look that said,
"Remember-their-age."
She growled and turned back to Ken.
"Fine. I guess we'll just have to show them, huh Seiji?" Seiji
eagerly nodded. He wouldn't lose to Ken or make a fool of himself
in front of Orochimaru. Chie smirked and asked, "Ready?" The
three boys nodded. She threw a scroll to Orochimaru and counted off.
"Three… two… one… GO!" At the word, the four of them
disappear from the yard.
Chie and Seiji arrive in a small
clearing in the forest. This
looks like a good place.
She looked at her younger brother and he asked, "Is this where we
are based?"
"Yes," she replied. She did some handsigns and
hold the last one. After a few seconds, her finger tips began to
tingle. She pointed her hand in the air and lightning came out of it
and flew up.
"What are you doing?" Seiji asked, as if
angered.
"Just letting Orochimaru-san and Ken know we're
ready," Chie said and added, "Don't worry we do this all the
time." "So we wait for Orochimaru-sempai to send us a signal?"
"Yep."
The two stand there for a few moments until they saw
another lightning strike. It begins.
Chie handed Seiji the scroll
and he said, "Chie, you are to go on ahead and approach the goal
from the south and make it seem like two people are there. Also try
and avoid all contact with the enemy. If you are close enough for
them to smell them, no wait, when they are close like… 20 meters
away, you report to me as soon as you can and give me information of
their position."
She smiled to herself as she nodded. Seiji…
you're most likely going to be a better shinobi than your brother…
already you know how to think up on this kind of strategy. I can't
wait to see how this works out.
"What about you?"
"I will be approaching the goal east,"
he said, "How far can you smell?"
She shrugged and said, "A
good 50 meters I'd say."
"OK. So if you smell the enemy
approaching in my area, come and alert me." Seiji said, "and
we'll see how that goes." She nodded and the two sped off on
their ways.
She stayed about 45 meters away from Seiji, so she
could go on with the orders. She knew exactly where she was, so it
shouldn't take that long to get home. She ran for what seemed like
forever. Of course she was running at a human speed since she didn't
want to get ahead of Seiji. Chie was about 1 mile away from the goal
point when she smelt Orochimaru's scent coming near. Ken
must have told him to do whatever he wants, making Orochimaru-san the
one who was really in charge. Some sort of a plan, I guess.
Since she wasn't in hearing distance of Orochimaru, Chie quickly
made a clone and had it continue to the goal while she went to tell
Seiji.
She sped right next to Seiji and whispered,
"Orochimaru-san was approaching my area from the southwest. He was
23 meters away when I left."
Seiji jumped and almost yelped
before reminding himself what was going on. "Anything else?" he
asked.
Chie nodded and said, "I made a clone as a decoy."
Her little brother thought for a minute before asking, "Can you
find Ken?" Chie smelt the air and shook her head. Seiji nodded and
said, "Go back to where you were and continue what you were doing
and at any cost keep Orochimaru-sempai and nii-san away from me."
Chie nodded and basically disappeared and returned to her post.
Chie
couldn't see your clone when she returned. No
way… It should have been right here, unless…
She smelt the air and he was close… Too close. She quickly ducked
as she heard the air behind her ripping. She whipped out a kunai and
span, aiming to hit the side of the stomach. Luckily for Orochimaru,
he stopped her attack, barely. Both of them smirk at each other and
made their next attacks.
The two push with their kunais and knock
each other off balance. Being part cat, Chie regained it quicker. She
kicked at the side of Orochimaru's face. Seeing this, Orochimaru
shot his tongue out and grabbed her by the throat; that only reduced
the kick by a fraction. She stabbed his tongue with her kunai, but he
wouldn't let go. The smell of blood began to fill her nose. She
tried to think of another plan, but Orochimaru flung her into a tree.
Chie cried out in pain as her back made contact with the hard
bark. "Damn," she hissed. Almost as soon as she was finished,
Orochimaru had her standing against the tree with his kunai to her
throat.
Orochimaru gave a smirk and hissed, "You'll have to do
better than that if you want to beat me.
Chie started doing
handsigns and gave him a smirk of her own. "I'm not finished
yet." Holding the last sign down, she did the lightning jutsu,
aiming at his tongue.
Reacting quick enough, Orochimaru zipped
his tongue back in his mouth and the lightning flew straight up.
While he was still recovering, Chie punched him, with full force, in
the face. Then without looking at him, she ran full speed to another
area.
Chie stopped and smelt for Seiji and/or Ken. She could barely smell anything from the amount of Orochimaru's blood that was on her. Damn, he must have plan that. She tried to smell over the blood and, very faintly, found Seiji's scent.
