A/N: Oh my gosh I did it again! Q_Q I forgot to update on Tuesday so I'm 2 days late! I'm so sorry! That means I will update 2 days earlier next time! :D
Ok, I kind of like this chapter XD It starts to add in a little bit of mystery.
OH! Random note, in a recent chapter of Naruto, one of the characters brought back with Edo Tensei used a jutsu called, "Reika no Jutsu". I was so surprised, Reika's name isn't supposed to be Japanese in my fanfiction, so to find out Reika means something in japanese surprised me. Yeah. Just so ya know, total coincidence!
Enjoy the next chapter!
Chapter Ten: Training begins
Tobi walked in with a tray of food and saw that I was sitting at the desk in the corner of the room. He set it down on the small table.
"You're up early." He commented. His voice seemed unusually calm and non-comedic.
"I guess you could say that." I replied dully. My mouth was dry and I didn't feel like talking. "Did you bring any water?"
"Tea." He answered, taking the cup from the tray and bringing it over to me. I grabbed it and sipped slowly. It was warm and tasted bitter. Gross. I forced it down figuring it was better to have a nasty taste in my mouth than to have that nagging dryness that had been bothering me since I had woken up hours ago. "Senpai told me that you'd woken up screaming last night." Tobi started. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine." I lied. Then I turned to him. "Why did Deidara tell you?" I didn't really have a reason for asking that, I just simply did.
"Well, actually," He began. "When he came back to the room he turned on the lights and it woke me up. I was about to complain because I was still tired, but then I saw this huge bruise on his cheek and asked what'd happened. While he was putting on a bandage he told me about how you were thrashing around in your sleep and how you wouldn't wake up no matter how hard he tried."
"I didn't hit him too hard did I?" an overwhelming sense of guilt filled inside of me. Even though these people had taken me from my home I still didn't like the thought of hurting someone like that.
"Not at all!" Tobi said cheerfully. He went back to being his normal self. "Deidara-senpai is strong! I doubt it even hurt him!" I smirked a bit to myself, trying to hold back a snicker.
'It's almost like Tobi has a little boy crush on Deidara!' I held in my laughter.
"Well, anyways, Deidara will be waiting for you in the training room." He walked to the door.
"Where's the training room?" I asked. I didn't remember seeing one since I'd gotten here.
"It's that big one that you saw Deidara-senpai and me in! You've been in there a few times remember? You sure you're alright? I didn't think you'd forget such a big room!"
"Oh, right. No, I'm fine, I remember." I nodded. Then he walked out of the room. I thought about what I should do before I went out to the training room. 'Definitely a shower.' I looked over at the food. I hadn't eaten anything in about four days, but my appetite was still gone, especially after that night. I decided that I would shower and then go train with Deidara.
After a quick shower I went straight to the training room where Deidara greeted me. He started his lesson by telling me all about techniques and jutsu, and how everyone had chakra flowing through their body that enabled them to execute these amazing jutsu. He told me that that was how he was able to make his clay explode. By chewing the clay, whether with his own mouth or the ones in his hands, he was able to mend his chakra into it. After telling me the basics he had me stand up straight, put my hands together in a sign, and told me to try and focus my chakra into my hands. My first few attempts failed and after a while I felt like I would never be able to do this.
"Alright, how about we take a break?" Deidara said, the frustration in his voice obvious as he rubbed his head. I sighed and my heart felt heavy with failure. I sat cross legged on the ground where I had been standing and watched as Zetsu appeared from the ground in front of Deidara. They stood talking for a while, and I could tell by Deidara's face that the news Zetsu brought wasn't cheerful or good. He looked a bit surprised and frustrated at the same time. It only made me feel like even more of a failure because I figured he was just frustrated with me and was taking it out on Zetsu. A feeling of anger and determination suddenly surged through my body and I stood up, taking the stance he'd told me to take earlier.
"I can do this!" I muttered to myself. "I have to do this!" I closed my eyes and focused as hard as I could on my hands, envisioning the chakra traveling into my fingers, willing it all to amass in my hands. He said that if I accomplished this, I'd be able to actually see the chakra seeping out and surrounding my hands. It was hard for me to believe that pure energy could become visible, but it didn't stop me from trying. I started to feel my hands tingle but didn't dare open my eyes to look, afraid that I'd lose my concentration. Instead I interrupted Deidara's conversation. "Deidara!" I called out.
"What do you wa—" He started angrily then stopped. I figured he'd turned around already so I asked,
"Am I doing it right? Can you see my chakra? I don't want to look because I don't want to lose my focus."
"What kind of chakra is that…? It's green!" He said quietly.
"It looks like… Nature chakra." I heard Zetsu say.
"How is that possible?" Deidara asked him. "That can't be! Nature chakra is blue, not green. Besides, Nature chakra isn't supposed to be a human's inner chakra! She wouldn't be able to survive with Nature chakra inside her!"
"I don't know, but it has the same feeling as Nature chakra does." Zetsu replied. "This is definitely interesting. Perhaps it is fate that you chose her. Maybe she has some hidden potential we didn't see. I will talk to Pein about this and see if I can find any sort of explanation or past incidents like this."
"Right. Thanks Zetsu, I'd definitely like to know how this is possible, hm."
"In the meantime Deidara, you better report in. Lord Pein wouldn't be very pleased if you slacked off on your orders."
"Deidara?" I called out again. I'd heard their conversation but didn't quite understand.
"Good job Reika, you did it!" He quickly changed the tone of his voice to be more cheerful. "Go ahead and try to see it, open your eyes." I did as he said and opened my eyes, looking down at my hands. I was amazed! It was possible to see chakra! Within seconds of seeing it however, my amazement broke my concentration and the chakra dissipated. I frowned. "Don't look so down Reika, you completed what I asked you to, hm!" I looked over and saw that Zetsu had disappeared. "I'd start you on your next training activity, but something has come up and Tobi and I have to leave for a small while. Why don't you continue practicing focusing your chakra? Try… Your feet this time! You're going to need to know how to focus your chakra into your feet so you can stand on water and climb vertical walls, hm!" And with that he started to walk off.
"W-Wait!" I yelled. He stopped and looked back. "What's going on?"
"A couple of our members, Kakuzu and Hidan, have been killed. They were defeated in battle, so I have to check in with Lord Pein and the others to discuss what our next plan will be. It won't take long, don't worry." Then he turned and I heard him mutter. "That Jinchuuriki's becoming even more of a nuisance…"
'Jinchuuriki?' I thought as I watched him leave the training room. Deciding to ask him about the meeting later, I switched my attention back to my training. This sense of determination not to fail was strange to me. I realized I wasn't determined just for myself. I was determined not to fail Deidara, the one who had kidnapped me. Why I wanted to be a success in his eyes was far beyond my comprehension, but I continued training diligently while he was away.
A/N: Ok, I know Reika seems mary-sue like with this mysterious chakra, but I have something planned for it. Plus, the main characters need a little bit of specialness to make them interesting right? Q_Q *is in denial* (besides, Ive read alot of fanfictions lately that are FILLED and OVERFLOWING with mary-sueness! ...Including fanfiction I used to write in Middle School... Oh glob, those were so bad... so compared to those, Reika is alot better! XD)
Next update will be on Sunday! :D