[[ Hey there! I managed to write a little this past weekend. Hopefully its up to expectations. Oh, and the next chapter we will start the chunin exam. Very exciting stuff! If you have any concerns or comments just message or post. I love feedback, good or bad. ]]
" Do you really think that it is a coincidence that you happen to show skills with fire, and have an acute sense of strategy? Hmm?..." Hiruzen's shoulders were relaxed. He was much more comfortable with this situation then Hisa. He brought the end of the pipe up to his face and inhaled, blowing out a hard puff of smoke. His eyes slightly squinting, he was observing Hisa's reaction.
Hisa stared at him from across the room. Her golden brown eyes were wide. Her mouth was gaped open and her arms were at her side. Shoulders slouched, she was having issues taking in what the Hokage was saying. Immediately she remembered why she was in the village. Why the Kazekage had sent her to Konohagakure. To kill the Hokage. To assassinate her great uncle?.. It was a little to heavy for her to handle, and she began to nervously bite her bottom lip. Pushing back any sensation to cry or hyperventilate.
" I know, it's a lot to take it. Just process it, and in the mean time I'm going to have Asuma, my son, escort you to your living area.. Hisa.. I'm happy to finally have you back in Konohagakure.." Hiruzen started to smile and within a few moments of him ending his sentence, there was a knock at the door.
Asuma was, within family ties, to be her cousin? Hisa didn't have time to completely go though her family tree or fully take in her circumstances. Auma was a tall, burly man. His thick black hair seemed to push up and back. His face was well framed, and even though he had thick black hair lining his face, Hisa could tell he had a strong jaw. He had a cigarette in his mouth. His attire was similar to most Jonin. Dark, light fitted pants, a black long sleeved shirt and a green vest. He also had an unfamiliar white piece of cloth that hung from his waist. Hisa guessed it was a bandanna, but for what?
" Hisa Hotoke!.. The old man wouldn't shut up about you.. I'm Asuma.." Asuma didn't move once he entered the door. He did, stiffly wave to Hisa from across the room.
" If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask." Hiruzen spoke once again, and Hisa nodded. Her composure had come together a little since Asuma had entered the room.
Asuma turned and Hisa followed him. Before she exited the room, Hisa paused and turned to the Hokage.
Hisa quickly performed a series of hand signals before she closed her eyes and quickly exhaled.
" Shadow Clone Jutsu! "
Asuma quickly took a few steps back, as a copy of Hisa immediately appeared behind her out of thin air.
" Shadow Clone!? How, how did you already master that jutsu.. You're so young." Asuma's eye brows were crutched together, his mouth open in protest.
The hokage looked at Hisa with confusion. Hisa glanced behind her and held up her right arm, hand open.
The clone walked by Hisa and slapped the hand in a momentary high five. Continuing to walk over to the Hokage and stand next to him.
" Hisa, what are you doing.." Hiruzen looked at her suspiciously. Hisa's blank face quickly shifted into a large smile.
" Doing my job.. She'll stay with you when I cannot. For missions, or when I need to leave to sleep.. Don't worry she won't bother you.. Right? " Hisa spoke across the room to herself. The clone began to smile.
" Lord Hiruzen! I promise I will not be a problem.. And I do try to not talk all that often. " The copy of Hisa slapped the Hokage on the back and caused him to cough some of his inhaled tobacco smoke up.
" This is unecess-" Hisa cut the Hokage off.
" It is completely necessary. I can't get a good nights sleep knowing you're open to what ever might happen.. You know all to well what can happen to a village in a matter of minutes.."
Hisa's argument had coerced Hiruzen into letting the clone stay. Asuma started to laugh in the background.
" And before you ask, this will drain my chakra, but I'll monitor it as needed. If I can't hold the clone because of some kind of circumstances, I'll come to you myself. "
With Hisa's rant over, she politely bowed the top half of her body at the Hokage and left. Asuma leading the way.
She was put up in a set of apartments that were just a couple blocks from where the Hokage stayed. The sun had begun to set, and Asuma's pace began to slow. The once busy village had begun to quiet down, and Hisa could feel a low throb in her gut. She began to get home sick. This annoyed her.
" So its nothing fancy, but I think you'll like it.. It's already furnished. I believe your things are already in the room." Asuma spoke casually. As if the two had known each other for years.
Hisa's shoulders straightened as her mind retraced what she had done today. She had completely forgot that her back pack had gotten knocked off during her tackle earlier. She placed a hand on her abdomen as she spaced out, and remembered the scene.
" Are you hungry?.. There are at least eight or so small shops to buy ready to eat food here.. and as the Hokage's guard you pretty much get all you can eat, when ever." Hisa looked up to Asuma, his voice was deep, but seemed carefree and light at the same time. She shook her head. She wasn't very hungry.
Asuma brought her up to a large, pale colored building that had various apartments within it. She lived on the top floor, the last room at the far end. Her door was accessed from the outside, and by a long, wide steel walkway.
" Here is your key, and if you need something, just ask." Asuma handed the keys to Hisa and she took them. Staring up at him, looking a little lost. He smiled at her and waved goodbye as he turned and left.
Hisa opened the apartment and turned on the light. There was small room to take off her shoes, and upon entering the apartment, she noticed it was larger outside than anticipated.
Her bag was casually tossed on the floor, as was the small scroll attached to it. Hisa picked up the bag and explored the rest of the house. Turning every light on in the process.
Her kitchen connected with her living room. However there was a small walkway between them so it wasn't all combined. Her bedroom had a small bathroom attached to it with a large bath/shower. Overall she liked the place, and with the right about of personal items, it would feel more welcoming.
Hisa unpacked her things and noticed a note in her bag.
' Honey Bear,
I know things seem strange and confusing, but I'm always here for you. When you come to visit next time, ill tell you everything. Please be nice to the boys out there, you can be so rough. And make sure you eat, because you always forget. After you read this, please eat a large meal. It will make your mother feel better.
I love you.. -mom'
Hisa smiled as she read the note, and immediately after that her stomach gave a huge lunge and growled. Laughing to herself she placed the note on her dresser and sifted through her things for her coin purse. She was going to go grab something to eat.
The closet place to her apartment was a place called Ichiraku, it was a little ramen shop. Hisa didn't normally eat ramen, but her chakra was starting to suffer from her exhaustion and lack of food.
The small shop seated maybe ten, and it had a thin decorative sleeve over its entrance. Hisa pushed through the drape and found a seat.
" Hello, would you like something in particular?.." A young woman with beautiful brown eyes and thin frame questioned Hisa. Hisa paused for a moment, and glanced behind her. There was a small kitchen, and a man was bringing up bowls of ramen with chopsticks. Hisa let the right side of her mouth lift slightly. Smiling just a little she motioned to what the man was bringing up.
" Alrighty, it'll be just a few minutes.." The woman turned and started to speak with the man, the man turned and looked out behind the kitchen at Hisa. Hisa ignored him.
" Heeehhhhh?!" Hisa listened as shrill voice shot from her right. Hisa looked over and saw the kid from earlier. The Jinchuriki to the village, Naruto Uzimaki.
" What are you doing here? " Naruto looked at Hisa with question, coming off as rude in the process. The Jonin sitting next to him quickly knocked him in the back of the head.
" NARUTO! You can't be so rude! That's the Hokage's new guard!.. Hisa, right? " The Jonin peeked from behind Naruto, Hisa recognized him as Iruka, one of the instructors at the village's academy.
Hisa nodded and without realizing it, her face began to harden. Her lips pushing together and her eyebrows furrowing. She knew what was going to come next.
" WHATT, but she's just a kid like me! That can't be right! " Hisa shot him a deadly glare and he quickly withdrew towards Iruka.
" You don't realize how rude you are sometime Naruto.." Iruka sighed and Hisa's face started to relax.
The two of them started to loosen up when Hisa did.
" Its alright, he has every right to be suspicious.. I am only thirteen." Hisa managed a small smile and moments after a bowl of ramen was placed infront of her.
" Hmm.." Naruto hummed and looked suspiciously over at Hisa. Hisa shot him a look right back.
" SO, Hisa.. The Hokage seems very happy to have you here.. And there is a rumor going around that- " Iruka paused as two bowls of ramen were placed infront of him and Naruto.
Hisa's mind began to race. A rumor?.. about what.. about how she had been hired by Konoha to assassinate their Hokage. About how she was going to kill someone in cold blood whom just announced his kinship to her. How she was a murderer and that she was loyal to the sand and the sand alone.
" – that you are a RInha Clan member! To be honest I haven't met a member from that clan before… Oh, and I'm Iruka by the way.. This, is –"
" Uzimaki Naruto.." Hisa spoke quickly, cutting Iruka off. Naruto turned to Hisa. Slurping noodles into his mouth.
" Uzimaki Naruto, one of only a handful of descendants of the Uzimaki Clan, and Jinchuriki to the Ninetails.. Yes I know who this is.." Hisa's tone was serious, but not condescending.
" Ehh, Iruka Sensei, I think I'm famous. I'm starting to get a reputation. " As Naruto spoke, Hisa felt Iruka's stern eyes look through her. He was unsettled by the way Hisa had addressed Naruto.
Hisa turned and began to eat. Within a few minutes she was done. Placing some money on the table, Hisa turned to leave.
" It was nice to meet you Iruka, and to see you again Naruto." Hisa lazily waved and left the Ramen shop without making eye contact.
Making her way to the new apartment she had acquired, Hisa opened her front door and turned on her lights. The house was eerily quiet. Hisa was so accustomed to her mother making noise in the kitchen or talking to herself, sometimes singing. She hadn't really noticed it until now. It bothered her.
Stripping off her shoes she slowly undressed going through the house. First her shirt, then her tank top and then her pants. Half naked and exhausted she turned off all of the lights in the house, and crawled into bed. Taking a moment to take in what her clone was doing.
Lord Hiruzen was sleeping, and outside his home, at his front door, was Hisa's clone. Her clone waiting patiently with a strong alert stance. Hisa smirked in the darkness of her room and sighed. For a few moments, she wanted to forget about why she was here, and about how much weighed bared down on her shoulders. She slept for a solid nine hours.
Hiruzen was lecturing a small group of children, who were on a small school trip touring the large head stone that looked over Konoha. Hisa's clone was just a few yards behind him. Looking away from the group and at the village. Hundreds of people were moving and thriving. Shopping, working, and going about their lives. Things so much simpler here. Hisa's clone disappeared in a small puff of smoke.
The group of children infront of Hiruzen all gasped at once and the Hokage glanced over his shoulder for a moment. Noticing the clone was gone, he raised his eye brows in surprise. However seconds later Hisa leapt over one of the stone heads, appearing to of jumped from thin air, landing in a crouched position in the same spot her clone just stood.
The Hokage nodded at Hisa and turned to face the group once more. Hisa straightened her posture and put her arms over her head, momentarily stretching. The small group of children were all looking at her, including their teacher, Iruka. The shinobi from last night. As the Hokage lectured he noticed no one was paying attention to him. Glancing behind him he smiled.
" Glad you could join us Hisa.." The man's tone was deep and Hisa could feel a small amount of sarcasm. She was beginning to like the old man. His sense of humor was dry and funny.
" I am so sorry Lord Hokage, I accidently slept in." Hisa quickly shot at him, giving him an apologetic bow in the process.
" Kids, pay attention to what the Hokage is saying. Its important tha-" Iruka was cut off by a small boy who was with the group. He had a strange blue scarf that was far to long for him, and looked at her with question.
" You don't look very strong! I thought the village brought you here to protect my grandpa.. huh? " The boy mocked Hisa. She really didn't like kids, they always seemed to push her buttons.
" My name is Hisa Hotoke, and I am from Sunagakure.." Hisa smiled the best she could and struggled a small wave to the kids.
" Yeah, great. They brought some one in from another village to protect the old man! I don't think we can trust you! " The boy spoke up again and this time Iruka snapped at him and told him to not be so disrespectful.
Hisa smiled. 'I was brought here to kill your grandfather, my great uncle.. I am an assassin who isn't afraid to cut the throat of some whiney ass kid like you..' Hisa thought to herself. On the outside though, she smiled.
" Well what else do you know about me? " Hisa smiled further, appearing a little frightening. She noticed she was making some of the children nervous, and toned her grin down to a smirk.
" Well that you're from a village we shouldn't trust, and you're a lady.. What kind of lady could protect the Hokage? " His tone was shrewd and Hisa was surprised when the small group of kids started to agree with him. Hiruzen looked back at her. If they wanted a show, she'd give it to them.
Hisa's chakra had started to build again. Sometimes she surprised herself at how fast her chakra reserves built up. With a deep breath in and out she approached Hiruzen. Placing her hand on the back of his right shoulder, she pressed her hand onto him and quickly pulled it away.
The hand she touched him with was in a tight fist and started to turn a noticeable deep green. A small aurora escaping from it. Hisa used her free hand to pull out a small, poorly sewn cloth doll from her pocket. She had forgotten her pouch this morning in her rush out the door.
Hisa placed the doll into her other hand and let the dark green chakra flow into the doll. Tossing the doll to the ground she quickly began to execute a series of hand signals. A sharp wind began to pick up around her and the doll.
Hisa normally, had two ways to execute the Spirit reflection technique. One was by quickly taking chakra from an individual and the other was by direct, full contact for still, a quick period of time. Both produced results, one better than the other.
Unlike she time with Kakashi earlier, Hisa actually had time to get Chakra from Hiruzen. This puppet would be stronger, because it contained more of his chakra.
The signals took almost a full forty seconds to complete and Hisa finally released a large amount of her chakra.
" Spirit REFLECTION TECHNIQUE! " Her voice became more intense with each word. Shouting her technique, the puppet infront of her started to glow and in one large release of dark green energy, a light bursted up and started to form into a human being.
Within seconds of the fading light, Hiruzen Sarutobi was visible. An exact copy of the Hokage. The crowd infront of Hisa started to go wild. The children immediately stood up and started to cheer in awe.
"Lord Hokage!" The copy of the Hokage spoke at the actual Hokage. Hiruzen turned completely and let a full blown smile escape over his face.
" This isn't just a copy clone, either. My substitute can use all of the techniques lord Hokage can, and, has all of his memories." Hisa smiled as a small amount of sweat started to form on the brow of her face. This was taking a lot out of her. Inside, she was a little frustrated that she was having some difficulty with her technique.
"HISA.. You have really messed up this time! " The Hokage openly, and loudly scorned Hisa. Hisa's expression dropped as she looked worried. The crowd of kids behind Hisa also quieted down.
Immediately the Hokage started to smile again, " There is no way I look that old.." Hearing the Hokage's words Hisa smiled and turned her body, listening to the laughter that followed from the children infront of her.
For the first couple weeks, every day was almost routine. Hisa would follow the Hokage and listen to his stories of the village and of his Clan. She'd attend village meetings, eat with the Hokage and occasionally visit his grandchildren with him. She was beginning to really enjoy her time here. Every step forwards was a strike in the gut, as with every sensation of love she began to feel for the village she remembered why she was really there. She focused on Hiruzen's weaknesses, she learned about his family, her family. She learned how advanced he truly was in his Jutsu, and even on one occasion, discussed the history of the village, from the point of view of the Hokage.
" Hisa, on Saturday I'm going to have you start lessons with my son Asuma." Hisa listened as the Hokage spoke, he was at his desk going through his daily paper work.
" Every Saturday and Sunday you will be training with him to build your fire skills. You're a natural, so it shouldn't be a problem."
Hisa didn't say a word after that, and she stood in his office, now facing out towards the window. A small smile creeping across her face as she felt her chest tighten. She was beyond excited.
The rest of the day entailed more paper work and by the end of it, Hisa was exhausted. Her eyes hurt from reading so many policies and rules. Commencing her normal shadow clone routine, she said goodbye to both her clone and lord Hiruzen. She had officially been in the village for over four weeks.
Hisa said goodbye to the group and started to walk home. Her stomach had begun to growl the moment she started down the strip. The village was quiet and everyone was getting ready to settle in. Hisa remembered the ramen shop she had stopped at when she first got here. Too tired to cook for herself, she agreed that she needed to treat herself.
Too weary to really pay attention, Hisa entered Ichiraku. Sitting down in an empty seat, Hisa put in an order for some dumplings and rice. Further down the bar, Hisa could feel eyes watching her. With a glance down she caught three sets of eyes looking at her.
Hisa slowly shifted her eyes from the onlookers, and to the wooden bar beneath her arms. Infront of her was a small cooking station and a dish sink, where food was prepared and discarded.
Hisa didn't turn for another few minutes. She did recognize the three sets of eyes. All were genin from Team Guy. There were two men, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuga. The one girl was Ten-Ten. A tall, burly man dropped off a small glass of orange juice for Hisa to drink. Hisa sipped it quietly as she felt the eyes lock onto her and pull away.
" Here are your dumplings Ms. Hisa.." The same man as before dropped off a bowl of dumplings with rice and sauce.
" Hisa Hotoke.. That is your name, isn't it? " Hisa listened as one of the boys started to speak up. It was Neji Hyuga, a member of the side branch of the Hyuga Clan. Hisa stayed quiet, her eyes began to sharpen and her face hardened. She nodded.
" Ms. Hisa I am so very sorry for making such a scene last month! " Rock Lee stood up and apologized to Hisa. His tone was sincere and he spoke at a rapid pace. His expression was deep, and she could feel his remorse. Still though, she needed to keep her composure. Hisa brought up her hand and lazily shook it before turning to eat her food.
" It was no problem.." Hisa spoke in a dull tone, turning she brought up both arms. Setting one on the wooden bar, she used the other free arm and positioned it so she could properly hold her chop sticks. She began to eat once more.
There was a small amount of tension. Hisa could feel it resonating between the four of them. Hisa was almost done with her meal when she pushed the plate away. Pulling her body back she reached into her pockets and began to fumble around for money.
" That really isn't necessary Ms. Hotoke. I know who you are, and the Hokage has asked that you eat here free. So, your money is no good here."
Hisa glanced up at the man. Dumbfounded. She didn't feel comfortable getting a free meal. She offered again, and again the man refused. Silently, she then turned to leave.
" It..It was nice to see you again Ms. Hisa! " Hisa paused as she turned to leave. Matching her luminous brown eyes with who was talking to her.
Again Lee had gotten up from his seated position to speak to her, and again she lazily waved at him and walked away.
The weekends were a little slow. At first Hisa refused to let Hiruzen walk around alone and sent a shadow clone with him. However, training with Asuma was very difficult, and she began collapsing from chakra loss. So with a little persuading, Hiruzen promised to stay within the Village's limits when she trained on weekends.
Hisa immediately noticed that Hiruzen and Asuma's relationship was less than loving. Their body language towards one another was the statement of passive aggressive, and Hisa had no interest in digging into why.
Their first couple meetings were a little rocky. Hisa had some control over her fire, but for the most part it wasn't exceeding. She was stuck. Asuma exploited her to try to find out why.
" Well what's weird is that you have the ability, I can see it in your form and technique.. but.. Well to be honest I don't think your chakra stores are large enough right now…" Hisa listened to Asuma's words but didn't internalize them.
" I think, well to be honest I didn't know anything about the Rinha Clan. My dad had one of the other Jonin read up on your Clan a little more."
Hisa was upset, but she hid it well. She watched Asuma's brow narrow as he inhaled his cigarette. " Kakashi.. "
Hisa looked behind her to see Kakashi Hatake. The tall, lean man had been standing behind her in silence for god knows how long. Which frustrated her further.
" Hello Hisa.. Asuma.." Kakashi spoke to Hisa, shifting his gaze to Asuma.
" SO, Hisa.. This what I have gathered.. Your Clan puts seals on your members when they are infants. This seal is to prevent any large amount of Chakra intake or loss.. Which makes sense, because if you had a small child take too much chakra from someone or loose too much chakra, you would die.. The only way to undue the seal would be to unbind it. I can not do that.." Kakashi paused, his expression lifting.
" However the seal corps here in the village can. I've taken the liberty of contacting them, and they are awaiting your arrival."
Hisa's normally cold and edgy face softened to a smile. She glanced at Asuma, who nodded.
" Go ahead kid. We'll meet up next weekend."
The corps building looked very small from the outside. Hisa stood. Her breaths were shallow, and she could feel her stomach tighten. She hadn't been this nervous in a while.
The weather around Konoha was very light and warm this past week. Not too hot or cold, and Hisa had forgotten the feeling of sand against her skin. It was something she wished she missed.
Entering the building she made her way to a large door and pushed through it. In the room was a large circular white platform. Four men in their early thirties greeted her.
" The famous Hisa Hotoke!, Welcome, my name is Guru. This is Jen, Silven and Jace." The man motioned his hand around the group and Hisa looked at each of them in the eye.
" Lets get down to business.. Please Hisa, sit on the platform.. I'll need you to take off that long sleeved shirt. " The man sounded very casual and Hisa didn't sense any nervousness from him, which put her at ease.
Hisa had a fitted under shirt on over her bra. The man who called himself Guru approached Hisa. She relaxed her arms back as the man came forward pulling up her shirt, and examined her abdomen. He reached out and put his hand on her stomach. Within seconds a thin black circle formed on her skin, appearing like a tattoo. Hisa's chest began to fall and rise more rapidly as she looked down at the mark. They hadn't lied to her after all.
" Hisa I'm going to need you to calm down.. If you're too nervous or tense this won't work.. Do you understand? " Guru looked up and at Hisa. Hisa didn't hide her anxiety, her eyes were wide with caution, looking around the room. She weakly nodded.
The man pressed his hand more firmly onto her abdomen. As her skin touched his the seal grew large as more symbols appeared.
" Oh my.. Well.." Hisa's breathing began to increase again.
" Calm down.." The man spoke again at Hisa, this time more aggressively.
He now touched her abdomen with both of his hands, shifting them around, his face moving closer and closer to her body.
" Guru.. I don't know if we'll be able to break this completely.." One of the men behind him spoke looking over his shoulder.
" Hisa, listen.. I'm only going to be able to break one of these seals.. You need to understand that breaking just one is going to be extremely painful.. There are around three.. no four.. seals.. So.. I need you to calm down and control yourself.."
The man's voice sounded urgent, and Hisa began to grind her teeth in frustration. As the man began to dig at the seals, Hisa could feel her chakra network go beserk. It felt like someone had their hand in her body, and was just twisting things around.
" NOW! " Guru shouted and the three men around him began to sign using their hands. Hisa felt her stomach begin to burn, just lightly. Within seconds however it would turn to an agonizing boil.
Hisa began to choke on her own breath, causing strange coughing noises to erupt from her body. Her chest started to rapidly fall and rise as her body tried to jerk away from Guru.
" DON"T MOVE!" Guru yelled at Hisa. Hisa's whole body was on fire as the symbols on her abdomen began to glow. Her arms and legs were shaking as she fought the urge to stay still. She tried to silence the screams that were welling up within her. The results were small outburst of shrieks, followed by muffled coughs. She was sure her body was going to rip in half.
" ALMOST… " The man paused and within seconds Hisa felt her body go numb. Her arms felt weak, as did the rest of her body.
The symbols on her abdomen disappeared as Hisa fell onto her back unconscious. Limply falling backwards, her head heavily hit the platform under her.
" Guru, did it-" The men around Hisa began to shout and scream as a bright blue aurora seemed to burst from her body and fill the room around them. Frightened and on alert, the men attempted to flee the room.
However upon contact, the aurora didn't hurt them, and all four of them paused. Stupefied as to what was happening.
" Guru.. what is this.." one of the men behind him asked suspiciously, holding out his arms as if to catch the now falling bulbs of blue aurora.
" I think.. this is her chakra.." Guru reached out his hands and touched one of the bulbs. Immediately the bulb dispersed when he touched it and was absorbed into his skin. He watched as his hand appeared to look more defined and youthful than before.
" Is she.. healing us.." One of the men behind Guru stated in disbelief.
" We need to get the Hokage, immediately."
Hisa didn't remember anything beyond the excruciating pain that she was caused from the group of men. When she was informed of what had happened, she denied that anything of the sort could have ever happened. She was asked to replicate the process, but was unable to do so.
Hisa was still pretty tired but the weeks following her seal release were fairly busy. She remembered sleeping more than usual, and her weekends with Asuma had been put off for a few weeks due to missions. She didn't get a chance to see him for another month.
" Alright, lets see those moves Hisa.. I want you to try a Gōkakyū no Jutsu!"
" A Great Fire Ball Technique, are you serious. I have no skills even close to that of a Uchiha or a matured Sarutobi in fire wielding.." Hisa protested but Asuma pushed the notion. She wasn't sure if he was doing it for kicks or if he really thought she could do it.
Hisa was a stickler for perfect execution, and had been studying the hand signals for over twenty different Katon based Jutsu's. She settled her feet at shoulder width, and closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she proceeded to perform the hand signals.
Opening up her eyes she held both hands up to her mouth and pushed a hard gust of wind from the bottom of her stomach.
" GREAT FIRE BALL TECHNIQUE! " Hisa bellowed as she exhaled her large breath. To her surprise something came out. And it wasn't a small spark either.
Asuma had to directly avert from the path of the enormous burning orb that was blasted directly at him. The rolling embers had combined and formed a large churning inferno that melted the grass and soil. The orb rolled twenty feet before it connected with a group of trees. The trees immediately exploded on contact and send bits of debris into the air.
Hisa started to laugh and so did Asuma. Hisa started to smile obnoxiously. Grinning ear to ear, looking down at her hands and noticing the charred marks at her finger tips. She began to blush as pride rose up through her.
To her dismay, the next two months had flown by. Hisa's talent with Katon was bordering extremes, and Asuma had her take a few weekends off and cool down. Hisa reluctantly agreed.
She was only a few weeks into her fourth month when she started having panic attacks. They were small, and only lasted a few minutes. However Hisa's attacks did more than constrict her breathing, they put her in a different place entirely. She had been studying Hiruzen, and had found out three things.
Hiruzen was the son of Sauske Sarutobi, a famous and renowned ninja. He was married to Biwako Uzimaki, and had two children. He has only one grandchild, Konohamaru. Hiruzen has amazing prowess with fire and ninjutsu, however he is getting very old, and lacks higher amounts of stamina. Hiruzen's ultimate weakness is the village. He will put his life on the line without hesitation for the good of the village. Hisa admired his selflessness. Infact, its one of the traits she, herself, held. She loved Sunagakure, she would do anything to protect it. She actually had begun to love Kono-
Hisa took a deep breath and exhaled hard. It was very early in the morning and there was a thin layer of dew on the ground below her. She was sitting, alone as the sun began to rise over the village. She sat on the edge of the forest that held the Hokage stone head art. She had been still so long that the dew that was on the ground was also on her skin.
" Get ahold of yourself Hisa.. You can't slip up.." Hisa spoke aloud. Her small anxiety attacks had started to transform into full blown nightmares.. A couple nights a week she would dream about the entire village burning down, houses, stores and people. All burning. The village was screaming at her. Roaring. She would find dead bodies, and lately her mind was messed up enough that she had started to smell their searing flesh. Literally smell their death as she dreamt. The previous night she had woken up in her bed and had caught her sheets on fire. She was fighting in her sleep. So lately, she'd been sleeping less. Even worse was the end of the dream. She would always find Hiruzen at the end of the flames. As the village was burning down to ashes, he'd be there. In her way.
Hisa had killed him what seemed like a thousand times. Each time she'd listen to his gasps, and feel his warm blood run down her arms and hands. She'd look deep into his eyes, and watch the life fade from his body. And each night that she dreamt, she'd wake up suddenly in a cold sweat. This is what led to her insomnia, and led her to sit upon the large stone that held Hiruzen Sarutobi's face.
Hisa began to rub her hands together. The tips of her fingers had become numb from the chill of the morning. Preparing to get up, she paused. Hisa's ears caught a low scream that echo'd off the trees of the forest behind her. Quickly she got to her feet and quietly entered the forest.
It took Hisa only minutes to find the source of the scream. And she was surprised to find one of the genin in the woods.
Rock Lee was training by himself, all alone in the woods. Hisa stayed quiet, and watched from a hidden spot.
Lee's body was spasming. Hisa watched as he attempted to do push ups while holding his body up and off the ground. Lee could only manage a few before he would fall to the ground, hard. His body would bounce off the hard dirt ground, and again he would push himself up and do it again.
Hisa paid special attention to his anatomy. His arms shook violently with each thrust upwards. And with just a few more pushes he collapsed again. This time though, Hisa watched him fall and put all of his weight onto his shoulder. As he fell he slammed his head off the ground in the process, Hisa listened to something in either his back or neck crack as he fell.
Hisa didn't hesitate to leave her current position, and quickly made her way over to where Lee was training.
As Hisa got closer to him, she realized he was in a much more critical condition than she had previously thought. Hisa quickly touched his neck with her hand, and within seconds her palms and fingers began to glow green.
Although she wasn't extraordinary at healing, Hisa was very talented for her age. She placed the tips of her fingers on his neck and started to examine his status.
Lee's neck was fine but he had snapped a few of his trapezium muscles that lined his back. Which could account for his instant collapse. He was alive, just exhausted.
Hisa turned him onto his back and noticed that Lee was snoring. Unintentionally, Hisa started to smile. Lee's cloths were in tatters and his skin was badly bruised. Just what kind of training was he doing up here? Casually, Hisa rolled him onto his back. The sound of Lee's snoring broke and his eyes cracked open. He grumbled for a moment before closing and reopening his eyes again. He shouldn't of been conscious, Hisa was impressed.
" You're so beautiful.." Lee's cracked voice seemed to come out clear as day, and immediately Hisa looked taken back. She began to blush as she swallowed hard. Lee slipped back to unconsciousness and Hisa started to move him.
Hisa did a quick examination of his body and limbs before she took a deep breath and shifted her arms under his back, turning she placed him onto her back and headed for the village.
The nurses inside the hospital were not surprised to see Lee, which Hisa found interesting. They had her place him on a free bed, and Hisa asked if she could help.
The nurses were suspicious for a moment, but the moment Hisa's hands began to glow, they quieted down. Hisa had one of the other nurses turn Lee onto his side. Creeping closer to his body, Hisa placed her hands onto his back and used her Chakra to reattach his muscles and ligaments. She then shifted her hands down his arms. Healing any small cuts that he may have. Hisa noticed, that since one of her seals had been broken, she was much more skilled at basic medical ninjutsu. Hisa traced past one of his hands and moved onto his abdomen. Lee startled her when he snatched her hand from her and yanked her arm.
Lee unconsciously yanked Hisa towards him, and as a result her arm was wrapped around him. Hisa was shocked and her face showed it. Her eyes were wide open and her mouth was gaped. She hadn't really ever been through something like this.
" Oh my, is he your boyfriend? " One of the nurses bent over Hisa and started to grin.
Hisa's face dropped and she started to shake her head.
" No,No,No! You see we were in the forest, and he collapsed- so we…" Hisa looked up again. The other nurses were now also smiling, one of them was even blushing.
Lee slowly released his grip and Hisa pulled away. Hisa stood up and asked one of the other nurses to look over Lee. After looking at him one last time Hisa turned and left the hospital ward. If she didn't hurry, she would be late for her meeting with Hiruzen. Besides, she didn't like staying in uncomfortable situations.