Wow chapter 10.

It was effortless to get here.

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I sighed looking at the tree in front of me. 8 points, larynx, spine, liver, jugular, subelimum artery, kidneys, heart. I sighed again looking down at my text book. 8 points and I was trying my hardest to memorize exactly where each one was and aim for it with my kunai. I don't know why I thought this would be easy. Walking to the tree I pulled out the eight metal blades and walked back to my spot. Closing my eyes for a moment I gathered chakra into them and my hands. It made it so much easier for accuracy and speed. It was hard though, it depleted my chakra and I wasn't sure if it would prove to be useful in an actual battle.

Opening my eyes I spun the dark metal in my hand getting the feel of it. I never used weapons much but I figured the more I knew the better. I was way behind everyone else and that's why I trained as hard as I did. With ease I threw each kunai, one after the other. Larynx. Spine. Liver. Subelimum artery. Kidney. "What are you doing?"

I yelped a bit at the voice to my left and sighed. I was aiming for the heart but I got the face instead. I guess that was affective though. The light painting outline of a person was faded and chipped away. I think I had been at it for a few hours. "Training." I said glancing at the Uchiha. He looked at the tree a bit confused, "What are you aiming for?" His hands were shoved in his pockets. Sauntering over to me he glanced down at the book on the floor. "Oh." He mumbled. I grabbed the kunai once again from the tree. I probably should invest in more. For training purposes.

"Where were you yesterday?" I was back to my marker. Closing my eyes again. Trying to concentrate my chakra. "I had things to do." A flick of my wrist, Larynx. "What kinds of things?" For some reason my skin felt hot. I wasn't sure why. I knew he was watching me intently but I tried not to let it bother me. "Uchiha stuff." Another flick, Spine. "Oh yea?" I tried to drown out the curiously in me. Flick, Liver. "Yes." I was sure for a moment I heard taunting in his voice. Flick, Jugular. "Hn." I was sure I caught him off guard. Too much of him was rubbing off on me. Subelimum artery.

I pushed a bit more chakra to my eyes. Kidney. It was a little more annoying of a shot for me. "Miss me?" Flick, heart. My hand twitched. I placed them on my hips and turned to him pushing a laugh through my lips that I tried not to press together into a fine line. "You wish Uchiha." His eyes danced for a moment. Flickering from their usual cold stare, but only for a moment. I would've missed it had I not had chakra flowing to my eyes.

"Your eyes are glowing." I shook my head a bit and stopped my chakra. It was a waste to just stand here doing it. I didn't have the reserves to waste. "Pumping chakra to my eyes to increase accuracy." I let my hands drop and I took a knee to flip a page in my book. "hn," It was his turn to be his usual self again. I felt him walk closer to me. "Let's spar." I sighed; there was no hint of request in his voice. More of a demand. I hated that. Grabbing the book I snapped it shut. I wasn't sure I had it in me at the moment to spar but I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that.

Putting the book out of harms way I stood about 4 feet from him. "Tap out?" I mumbled wrapping my French braid in circles till it became a bun on the back of my head. I was sweating already and the hair was starting to irritate my back. "Hn." I assumed that was a yes because he jumped back tossing three kunai at me. Typical. I was ready to doge an attack from the left. Too bad that never came. My right side lurched in pain. I skidded across the floor but popped back up. "Guess you're not as predictable as I thought." I couldn't help but laugh. That was stupid on my part. A smirk played on his lips as he came at me. Punch, block. Kick, block. Punch, Block. I was on the defense. Hit after hit. I had gotten fast but so had he and my weights where starting to hold me back already. God I had no stamina.

I saw a slight opening in one of his punches. Right shoulder, Perfect. Pumping just a bit of chakra to my left hand I took the shot. It made contact and he slid back only to make a few hand signs that I knew too well. "Fire style. Fire ball Justu!" I dodged the attack. I didn't want to counter it unless I had to. I needed what little chakra I had. "It's not like you to run." He said and I rolled my eyes. What a cocky ass. When the smoke started to clear I turned and blocked an axe kick. I spun for a round house kick but he grabbed my ankle. Lifting my body weight up I used to free foot to smash into his chest so that he would let me go.

Landing on my hands I back flipped up again. He was on his back about to get up and I took my chance. With a few hand signs I steadied myself. "Water style, Raging waves!" I opened my mouth and instantly closed my eyes. When the water settled I sighed, "Substitution Justu." I glanced around the trees. " It's not like you to run." My words laced with sarcasm. I couldn't help it. It was too easy to spit his words back out at him. Sometimes I think he brought out the bitch in me. I saw the shiny metal before it was 5 feet from me. I instinctively grabbed at my pouch to block it and when I grasped at air my hand went up.

I winced, the blade stuck in the palm of my hand. I pulled it out and wiped my blood on my shorts. That was one way of getting a kunai when you didn't have one. I took deep breaths trying to stead my heart. I didn't want to waste the energy on my stupid. How could I forget I was out of kunai? "Fire style, Dragon flame." My eyes darted to his voice. He stood behind me. It was weird to see my Justu from the other side. I guess that's what happened when you faced a ninja with the same affinity as yourself.

I barely dodged the attack. I felt a slight burn on my elbow but ignored it. "Don't tell me you're done already." I looked at the boy with his bright red eyes. I had wondered when he had turned that on. I was pleased whenever he did. I felt like it made me a worthy opponent because he had to use it. Maybe I was just making crap up in my head to make me feel better.

I was a caged rabbit. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't sure I could handle any more hand to hand and if I didn't time myself with my justus I would waste the last of my chakra. I dropped my wrist weights. They made a rumbling noise when they fell. Dust came up and Sasuke eyed them. I darted to the left and block two kunai. I blocked his kick to the left. Punch, block. Punch, block. I took this moment to crouch down and swipe his legs. He jumped and I quickly came up and punched him in the gut. My legs weren't as fast as my arms right now and I had to adjust my strategy.

He didnt get knocked off his feet but pushed a good 5 feet from me. I didn't have enough time, like a deer in head lights he came back at me and landed two hits. One to my solar plexus and one to my collar. Why was he going so hard today? My eyes started to hurt and I started to see black. I bit my tongue, this was usually the point my seal would start hurting. When the pain never came I remembered it was gone. I heard him straighten his stance which could only mean he was about to form some hands signs. My eyes snapped open. Everything looked strange, slow even as I tried to focus. I saw wisps of chakra around his body and his hands. It burned my eyes but I couldn't look away. I couldn't shut them. I felt in that moment that I had been blind since the day I was born and this was the first time I could actually see.

I didn't have a moment to register what I was doing. My mind and body acting of its own accord. Like it knew what to do. As his hands formed the first sign so did mine. So slow, eerie slow. The second, the third. Finally time came crashing down on me and everything sped up.

"Fire Style, Phoenix flower justu!"

"Fire Style, Phoenix flower justu!"

I flew back as our justus collide. I gasped when my back smashed into a tree. I couldn't help but whimper. It wasn't long before I felt a rough hand on my chin. My eyes snapped open to see a pair of onyx ones. I thought I saw some concern in them. Concerned surrounded by something I couldn't place. I chuckled but it quickly turned into a cough, "I think. I tap out." My body felt limp and a void took over. I blacked out.

Beep. Beep. beep.

Deja vu. My eyes burned and I didn't want to open them. It wasn't long before I registered the insane amount of pain in my skull. I gripped my hands into fists. I wished I could just go back to being dead or blacked out or whatever that was. The memories of our spar came back to me and I opened my eyes. I quickly closed them. I'm so dumb. The bright lights above me stung my already sensitive orbs and I could feel tears slipping onto my cheek. "Suiren?" I groaned. "The lights." I sighed in content when they were flicked off. I opened mine to meet with a pair of gorgeous deep blue. "Hey Naruto-kun." I said with a small smile. IT didn't even bother me that he was way to close.

"Hello sleepy head." I chuckled. I've heard that so many times since I left my old life behind it was infuriating. I glanced at the silver haired ninja. "How long have I been out?" I asked pushing myself up only to have Naruto grab my arm and place a pillow behind me. "Just a few hours. You should've been out for a day or two." I scratched the back of my head and winced. Looking down I saw the gash was now a tender scar. I'd have to thank the doctors for healing me yet again.

I scanned the room and met with those onyx orbs. They bore holes of worry in me for a split second before they change to ice. "How do you feel?" Before I could answer Naruto started yelling again. "Shut up teme! You are not allowed to talk to Suiren right now. Look what you—"

I grabbed the boy's hand and squeezed it. I didn't have much strength so it must have felt like a feathers touch. "It's okay Naruto. We were just sparing." He groaned a bit, "Sparing that ended with you in the hospital." I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess I just never know when to quit." He squeezed my hand but the worried look never left his face. "I'll get Sakura. She will want to know you're up." He left the room closing the door behind him.

It was barely a moment and Sasuke had closed the gap between us taking the space Naruto had occupied. He looked banged up to. A bit of tender flesh from some healed burns on his hands and arm. I knew I landed a few good hits myself and he would have some bruising. "Would you like to explain to me what happened?" I watched Kakashi put his book back into his pocket. Legs crossed his eye looked at us and I looked at Sasuke. He tensed a bit. I wanted to know what happened too. It wasn't our usual spar. It was way more intense.

"Like I said we were sparing and I just wouldn't tap out. So my body tapped out for me." I tried to keep a low pro cause I didn't want the boy to get in trouble till he explained everything to me. Then I would beat his ass myself. Kakashi glanced from me to Sasuke. "I didn't realize how low she was with chakra. It was my fault." I frowned a bit. "You guys caused some damage to the training grounds. We needed four ninja to put out those flames." My eyes widened. I hadn't even realized we had caused that much destruction. "So what kind of Justu did you use?"

"Phoenix flower justu." I mumbled before Sasuke had a chance to. His eyes snapped at me. How could I forget? I was so confused by it because I had never even practiced that Justu. Kakashi then looked at Sasuke who tried hard not to crack under the man's stare. "Phoenix flower justu." He pushed the words through his lips as though it pained him to admit it to the man. I watched the Jounin's eye glance between the two of us. His lips twitched slightly. "You two need to be more careful when you spar. You could have gotten really hurt." I felt like a child being reprimanded by her parents.

"Yes Kakashi-sensei."

"Yes Kakashi-sensei."

His eye quickly turned into that of a smiling one and I let out a sigh of relief. "Suiren, I'm so glad you're awake." I smiled at the pink headed girl that darted into my room. I chuckled when she pushed Sasuke over to get a better look at me. Her hand was growing green and she ran it along my body. "Are you in pain?" She mumbled and I pointed it to my head. Her hands came to my temple and I sighed as relief washed over me.

"What did you do Sakura?" The blonde looked fascinated. "Just a little pain relief for her headache." She mumbled. "I didn't know you could do that." He said with a bright smiled and I could have sworn there was dust pink on her cheeks. "You should really leave the patient to the doctor." She jumped at the familiar face of my previous doctor walking in. "i-Im sorry. I just don't like seeing my friend in pain." She stepped away and let the doctor have a look at me, green hands again checking my body. "You have a good friend." He said before pulling his hands away from me and filling out something on my chart. "You are free to go. Just try not to use any chakra for a day or so. No training either." I crossed my arms over my chest. "Can I at least go for a run?"

He eyed me with a smile. "That should be fine. Stay over 9 minute miles though." I sighed ever deeper and mumbled, "I could walk faster than that."

It wasn't long before I was out of the hospital. The three fighting over who could take me home. Kakashi told Sasuke he needed to go with him to speak to the Hokage. I didn't like the idea but when I tried to tag along I got a stern look from the silver haired ninja. "Fine fine." I mumbled letting Naruto and Sakura to take me back.

"Are you sure you're okay. I've never seen you or Sasuke look like that after a spar." I chuckled a bit, so I did get him a little. Good. "Yea, I promise. We were just a little over excited to try some new moves. Took it a little too far. " I hoped that they would leave it at that cause I really didn't know. I would have to talk to the kid and find out. "Well when he gets better ill punch that baka." I laughed. Naruto my hero.

"Well he has some bruised ribs. Might take him a day or two till he recovers himself." I winced a bit. "Ugh now I feel bad." I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Don't feel bad he probably deserved it." I shook my head and flicked the blonde in the temple. "We are teammates. I would feel bad hurting any of you like that. Sparing or not." He stood quiet and nodded.

If he didn't show later I was going to have to go out and find him myself. I just hoped that I remembered how to get back to his house. I had only been there one time and it had been a while ago. I sighed, so many question and all I could do was sit and wait. I hated waiting.