Kaaru: Hey guys…

Mitsuki: Why are you so down?

Kaaru: It's because my secret will be revealed in this chapter.

Mitsuki: No! You don't mean…

Kaaru: Yeah…

Mitsuki: This will be complicated.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto but I do own Hyujiko Kaaru and Mitsuki.

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TPO…Chapter 9: Training a flower, Learning a secret.

It was early in the morning about 4:00 am, Ino was training in a nearby meadow behind the inn. Suddenly she heard someone coming. She saw Hinata. "Hello, Hinata-san." Ino greeted.

"Good morning, Ino-san." Hinata greeted back. She looked at the tree Ino was practicing with, she was surprised to see it like it didn't take any damage. "Ino-san, how come the tree looks brand new?" Hinata asked.

"Please call me Ino, and I don't really like hurting the plants." Ino looked at thr flowers that grew.

"Only if you call me Hinata, and why don't you like hurting the plants?" Hinata asked.

"Plants are like humans, but they don't hurt us and do anything bad to us, unlike other people. Plants give us lots of things from food to medicine, the least we could do is care for them." Ino looked at the small flower that was struggling to grow.

Hinata looked at Ino with a new light, Ino wasn't like the fangirl she thought she was back in the academy. She was actually sweet and caring. Hinata joined Ino on the ground, Ino was tending to the sapling. She could see the simple pleasure that she had just by looking at the flowers.

Ino took extended her hand above the sapling. Her hand was surrounded with pink chakra. "Iki no Seibutsu." She said. The sapling began to grow, it grew about 2 inches and it looked stronger.

"Ino, what jutsu was that?" Hinata said intrigued.

"Oh, my mother made that jutsu and taught it to me." Ino replied looking at the sapling sadly.

"Ino, is there something the matter?" Hinata asked.

"I miss her." Ino said wiping a tear away from her face.

"Oh, I'm sorry. My mother died when I was young too you know." Hinata said.

"Really?" Ino said.

"Yeah, I still remember her kind face, her fragrant smell and caring words." Hinata said.

"Me too, I remember when mom would take me to the park or when we would garden together." Ino reminisced.

"Ino, do you want to get stronger?" Hinata asked.

"Yes." Ino said. 'For mom…'

"I'll train you, on one condition." Hinata told her.

"What?"

"Teach me that cool jutsu!" Hinata said jokingly.

They both laughed together like old friends. It was nice, the feeling of earning friendship.

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"Shintenshin no jutsu(Mind Body Switch Technique) is dangerous because you'll be damaged as well when you take over the persons body, but it's a good thing you know Shinranshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Disturbance Technique) which makes you control the person without going out of your body. But enough of that we'll work on your genjustu." Hinata said as she evaluated Ino.

"I was working on two genjustus actually." Ino said. "Cho Kaeru no Jutsu (Butterfly change technique) it creates an illusion inwhich countless butterflies surround the enemy who sinks in the ground, giving me the chance to place an exploding tag on their face before cutting off the illusion, revealing that all the butterflies are exploding tags that all detonate alongside the original. (Thanks Nonameneeded!)

and Ninpou: Hyakka Ryōran(Ninja Art: Covered with Flowers") where I cast an illusion that paralyzes the enemy, causing them to see a storm of flowers. This jutsu has different variation ranging from a field of flowing petals to an overflow of petals surrounding the enemy."

Hinata was amazed that Ino had already thought of making her own jutsus. "How far are you in completing the jutsus?" Hinata asked.

"Well, I already completed Ninpou: Hyakka Ryoran but I still need a test run on the Cho Kaeru no jutsu." Ino said.

"Ok, you can pratice on me." Hinata offered.

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After hours of training Ino had completed Cho Kaeru no Jutsu and learned Ninpou: Hana Hiru (Ninja art: Flower leech). They rested and got ready to patrol the village.

Team 7 and 10 were patrolling the outskirts of the village. Suddenly Shikamaru shouted "Everybody take cover!" just as they took cover a barrage of senbons flew past where they were supposed to be. They got back together and looked at the attackers.

It was two people. One was a boy with black hair that was spiked in the front, he had a muscular build like Kakashi and dark skin like Kiba's, he looked like he was the same age as Kaaru, he wore a sleeveless black shirt with a navy blue flak jacket over it, he wore black ninja pants and black ninja shoes. What shocked everyone was that he wore the same moon insignia Kaaru wore. (A/N: I forgot to say that Kaaru tied his new leaf headband on above his old one and he doesn't wear a jounin vest like Kurenai.)

The other was a girl who had brown hair, she had a fair complexion, she had side bangs and her hair stopped 2 inches below her shoulders. She wore shorts that ended above heer knees and she wore a pink kimono top with a red obi and the same headband on her right thigh. She also looked the same age as Kaaru.

They looked at Kaaru with eyes full of longing. Kaaru looked away. "Ne, Kaaru-nii, why do they have the same headband like yours?" Naruto asked. Everyone waited for him to answer.

"Yeah, why is that?" Chouji repeated.

"That's because they live where lived before." Kaaru told them.

"Why are they here?" Asuma asked.

"I am Toyoshi Yuki AQUA captain of the Island of Cresent Moon and this is Sekumi Mai, special jounin of the Island of Cresent Moon." Yuki said. "We are here for Kaaru."

Everyone looked at Kaaru. "No way I'm letting you take Kaaru-nii!" Naruto shouted.

"Then we shall resort to force." Mai said.

She threw another barrage of senbon at the group. The group separated and charged. "Team 10 against Mai! Team 7 against Yuki!" Asuma ordered.

"Wait." Kaaru said. "I'll handle them."

"What!? No way! That would be too dangerous!" Shikamaru protested.

"It would be foolish." Sasuke said.

"Yeah." Sakura agreed.

Naruto and Hinata looked at each other and nodded. "Beat them, Kaaru-nii!" They both said.

Everyone looked at them in shocked, they thought they would be dead-set on stopping Kaaru, but it was the opposite. "We believe in you nii-san!" Hinata said.

"You heard them let's just back him up!" Chouji said.

Kaaru faced the two and began to form handsigns. He opened his eyes and the Konoha-nins were shocked at what they saw. Kaaru's iris's had turned purple and a silver moon shape appeared on his left temple. "Seishingan!" Kaaru had revealed his kekkai genkai.

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Mitsuki: It's a cliffy! Awww! What happens next…and was the Seishingan the secret?

Kaaru: Nope, it was only part of the secret, the rest of the secret will be on the next chapter.

There you go! Kaaru's got a doujutsu! All will be revealed in the next chapter, his secret and the ability of the Seishingan, oh by the way "Seishingan" means mind's eye. R&R!!! Next chapter: Kaaru's past!