Chapter Ten:
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"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Kiayo sighed as she fixed her hair. Madara was leaning against the doorway, arms crossed.
"Stop asking. Of course I want to do this." Kiayo huffed, and then hissed slightly as her finger caught in her hair, and then sighed in annoyance as she removed her finger, effectively messing up her hair. Madara smiled slightly in amusement, and shook his head.
"Do you want any help?" He asked in amusement. Kiayo blushed slightly, and huffed as she un-did the hair tie, and quickly brushed through her stubborn hair.
"No. I can do it all by myself." Madara had to bite his lips to keep himself from laughing as she repeated the actions, only for the same results. She looked at him, lips pouting slightly as she looked away."Fine. Just don't laugh at me."
"Nobody's laughing." His voice meant to come off as comforting, as he walked into the bathroom, but Kiayo could still hear the laugh he was holding back. Kiayo pursed her lips into a pout, the blush returning as she looked off.
"You were." She muttered under her breath, but he didn't reply as he took out the hair tie.
Kiayo watched him steadily as he picked up the brush, and began to comb through her newly formed tangles. He had a blank expression on his face, as he usually did when he was doing things like this for her. Kiayo pursed her lips slightly, and then cast her gaze down at the sink.
"You ok there?" He asked softly, resting his hands on hands on her shoulders. Kiayo looked up at the mirror. Her shoulder length hair was tied neatly at the nape of her neck, a few fringes framing her face, and her bangs parted on either side of her face. It was a different look. One she hadn't had before. She turned her head slightly, and then the other way, looking at her hair from different angels, and then grinned up at her care taker.
"I'm fine. Let's go before I'm late." Kiayo looked at herself one last time in the mirror, adjusting her traditional, black coloured Uchiha shirt, and then took Madara's hand, and quickly began leading him out of the house. He merely half chuckled, smirked slightly, and let himself be lead towards the Academy.
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"Alright first lesson is about charka. Can anyone tell me what that is?" Kiayo sighed in boredom. Her fingers drummed slightly on the desk beneath her. While she was initially excited about entering the Academy, she was now utterly bored. They were going over stuff that she had already knew. Though she was almost certain this was just a formality for those who haven't had as much training as she had up until that point.
'My progress just better not be slowed down because these idiots want to teach the same things I've been learning about since I was little.' Kiayo thought a bit sardonically as she was about to raise her hand.
"Alright, Taro, why don't you tell us?" Kiayo looked over across the room at Taro, who grinned as he stood up.
"Right, Seiga Sensei, charka is essential to even the most basic technique, and it is the molding of the physical energy present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy gained from the mind." Seiga nodded slightly. Taro grinned slightly as he sat back down.
'So, he's not completely stupid. I'll give him that much. Though, I bet Mito, or Hashirama taught him that. Still, impressive he can remember that much in that shiny, smooth brain of his.'
"Right. As Taro said, charka is the most essential thing to a ninja. It helps in almost every way. In ninjutsu, genjutsu, and can even boost up your taijutsu. Can anyone explain this in perhaps a bit more detail?"
'Well, I'm not about to be out shown by the moron.' Kiayo was quick to raise her hands. Seiga looked at the overly excited Kiayo, and smiled slightly.
"Miss Kiayo, why don't you tell us?" Kiayo nodded swiftly, clearing her throat as she stood up.
"Right, Seiga Sensei. Once the charka has been molded, it can be channeled through the chakra pathway system to any of the three-hundred and sixty one tenketsu in the body. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, the chakra can then be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise." Seiga smiled, nodding slightly. Kiayo giggled under breath, casting a look towards Taro, who just grinned at her, and then looked forward.
"Great. Now that it's been explained, we'll work a little more...Hands on with it, but only after further explaining it. See, charka..." At this point, Kiayo tuned the teacher out, and looked out the window with a wide grin on her face.
'This is going to be too easy, but I'm not going to let that idiot out due me. No way in hell.'
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"Ah! Man! Papa Madara forgot my stupid lunch! Now I'm gonna starve!" Kiayo huffed, looking stubbornly through her bag once again, as if the food would magically appear.
"Hey, Kiayo, watcha doing?" Kiayo looked over her shoulder as Taro as he approached her eating a rice ball. Kiayo frowned slightly, her stomach growling in protest, and then she went back to searching through her bag. Taro just raised an eyebrow at her, and sat on the bench beside her, looking at her as she searched the bag. She sighed, giving up, and then looked at him with a slight scowl.
"Do you have to be so close?" She complained as Taro leaned forward, looking in her bag. Kiayo huffed again, closing the bag shut."Didn't Mito ever teach you not to look into other people's bags?"
"Madara forgot your lunch didn't he?" Kiayo huffed, tying up the bag, and putting it on her lap as she sat down. It was then she felt the familiar feel of the bento box in her bag, but she didn't open her bag to get out the looked at her again as he stomach rumbled."Want the rest of my rice ball? Dad always makes too much for me." Kiayo made a disgusted face, and then looked away.
"I'd rather starve." Taro shrugged slightly. Kiayo's stomach rumble, and then she sighed, holding out her hand."Fine." Taro chuckled slightly, and gave her the half-eaten rice ball. Kiayo chewed on it thoughtfully, eyeing Taro as he pulled out some sweets from his bag."Mito lets you eat sweets?" She teased slightly, smirking just the slightest.
"No. I was walking yesterday with Daddy when this nice old man gave me some for free." Kiayo raised an eyebrow slightly.
"It's been in there. All this time?" She deadpanned, feeling only slightly disgusted.
"They were wrapped." The young Senju defended, holding out a piece of chocolate."This one is fresh. Daddy got it for me this morning." Kiayo smiled slightly, and then took the piece of fudge, eating it slowly, savoring its taste.
"Taste like heaven." She giggled slightly.
"Doesn't Madara let you eat stuff like this?" Kiayo glanced at him, and shook her head.
"No. He doesn't let me eat anything that is, uhh, bad for me." Taro shrugged slightly.
"Hey, Taro, there you are! I thought you were gonna play some ball with us?" Three boys came to up to them, looking between the young Senju and Uchiha curiously, before looking back at Taro.
"Yeah, we need you to make it even!" A second pipped up. Kiayo frowned slightly, and then glanced at Taro, silently hoping that he would blow them off, and stay with her. She was quickly disappointed when he looked at her apologetically, and then jumped down from the bench.
"Sorry, Kiayo, I'll see ya later, ok?" Kiayo crossed her arms over her chest, and looked off.
"Like I care." She mumbled. Taro looked at her a moment longer, about to say something until one of the kids nudged him urgently.
"Come on, Taro! Before recess is over!" Taro shrugged slightly, and then ran off to a separate part of the playground, laughing, and talking among themselves as they passed the red ball around. Kiayo huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, and looking off with a scowl.
"Like I need him. I can be fine all by myself." She muttered, getting down from the bench, and walking around the yard.
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Kiayo was doing her work that Seiga had handed out. She was writing down the shinobi conduct rules, and the reasons for them. It was a breeze for her. These were all things drilled into her head since she was young.
"Hey, you." Kiayo sighed heavily, trying her best not to roll her eyes as she looked up at the kid who had called out to her. It was some kid with spiky blonde hair, and bright sea green coloured eyes. He grinned somewhat cockily at her.
"I have a name." She muttered, looking down at her paper. The kid sighed, and then put his hand on the paper. Kaiyo gasped slightly, and then glared up at him."Alright, you have ten seconds to tell me what the hell you want."
"I just want to know. Are you Madara Uchiha's kid?"
"I hardly see why that matters. Who are you?"
"Just call me Ryuu." Said Ryuu grinned at her. Kiayo raised an eyebrow slightly.
"Ok, Ryuu, what do you want?" She questioned again, subtly trying to move his hand from her crinkling paper."You're crinkling my paper." She complained. Ryuu gave her a confused expression, and then shrugged slightly as he dropped his hand. Kiayo gave him a questioning look.
"Nothing. I just wanted to see what the infamous Madara Uchiha's kid is like." He grinned again while Kiayo just gave him a questioning look.
"Infamous? What did he do?" She questioned, genuinely confused. Ryuu shrugged slightly.
"You don't know? You should ask him. I'll see you later, ok? You can totally hang out with me anytime you want." He winked at her, causing her to blush ever so slightly, and then he turned back around, going back to his work. Kiayo sighed slightly, and then finished her work after smoothing out her work again.
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"So, how was your first day at school?" Madara asked that night at dinner, looking up at a so far silent Kiayo. Kiayo looked at him, and smiled slightly.
"Classes are too easy. I already know everything." Madara nodded slightly.
"I'd expect nothing less, but what else is on your mind?" Kiayo shrugged slightly as she bit into her bread roll.
"Nothing. I'm just tired." She grinned shyly at Madara, but he knew better than to believe her lies.
"Is someone picking on you?" He questioned protectively, scowling slightly. Kiayo sighed, and shook her head.
"No. I get along with most everyone."
"Most everyone?" Madara parroted in the same protective voice. Kiayo sighed, closing her eyes slightly. She should have known better than to attempt to lie to Madara. He was always too perceptive. Kiayo opened her eyes again, and stared at him.
"I just don't talk to everyone. I'm like you in that sense." Madara stiffened ever so slightly as she said those words, and then relaxed slightly.
"Right." He said quickly, and then began eating his dinner, letting the awkward silence continue onward.
Kiayo, on the other hand, was wondering about Ryuu had told her. She looked at her kind caretaker, trying to spot anything that could earn him a bad reputation, but she saw nothing that could earn him such a bad reputation. She just didn't understand at all. With a purse of her lips, she looked down at her food as she continued eating.