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About ten minutes later, after Neji has reassured Shikamaru, Allen and Naruto that he is fine again, the four exorcists are sitting in a line in front of the ninjas again. The four have managed to lose Sakura, much to Sasuke's relief. He is standing to the side arms crossed. After an exchange of glances the Nara sighs.
"Troublesome. Okay, the basic of being a ninja is chakra. Do you know what that is?" he asks the exorcists.
Allen and Linali look confused and shake their heads. Kanda's eyes narrow and Lavi starts nodding vigorously.
"No, what's that?" the girl questions.
Before one of the ninjas can even open their mouth, Lavi throws in, "In Asian religion it's some kind of mystical energy that resides inside the human body. It connects the physical body with the spiritual one. It is centred in seven spots in a human. But it's not real, you can't see it."
No one but Neji notices how Kanda's hand subconsciously wanders to his left chest. Linali and Allen are too occupied with staring at Lavi strangely. Sasuke and Shikamaru have raised an eyebrow at the explanation. And Naruto, well he doesn't get Lavi's version of chakra more than Sakura's explanation years back (or any he was given since).
"Well, partly," Sasuke finally says, "However I would not say it's not real. At least in our world it is very real. Could you show them, Neji?"
The Hyuuga nods and holds out one hand. Focussing for a moment he starts to let chakra flow from his fingertips. They start to glow blue. Linali and Allen gasp, the boy uncomfortably flashing back to Tyki for a moment. Kanda doesn't show much more than a raised eyebrow, causing the ninjas to wonder whether he is even capable of making any other facial expression. Even Neji and Sasuke know more.
Lavi on the other hand has immediately jumped up as soon as the Hyuuga's fingers started glowing. He is basically hopping on the spot, giving a very good imitation of his nickname. You can see he is barely holding himself in position. And when Neji starts to play a bit with the chakra on his fingers he suddenly shoots forward and tries to grab the pale hand. Reacting on pure instinct the brunette pulls it away just in time, causing Lavi to loose balance. Still in the movement the Hyuuga swings his arm back and hits the falling red head above the elbow.
"Ouch," Lavi cries when he lands face first on the ground.
Allen and Linali only sigh at his childish behaviour and shake their heads. Kanda looks away and mumbles something about a 'baka usagi being stupid'. Neji lets the blue die down, smiling a tad bit smugly. Shikamaru mumbles troublesome and Sasuke sweat-drops. He really doesn't need another one of those idiots. Naruto and Kiba are enough, thank you very much. When Lavi sits up he pouts.
"That was not fair! I only wanted to see what you were doing there?"
"Believe me I have seen enough of your curiosity yesterday," the Hyuuga replies nonchalantly, "If it wasn't an order from the Hokage I would have deposited you somewhere else long ago."
"Yeah, never touch a Hyuuga!" Naruto pumps his fist in the air.
"Shut up, dobe," the raven next to him hits him over the head.
"You're mean, teme. It's true, isn't it?" he pouts at the taller, who only rolls his eyes and puts his hands over his ears, when the blonde continues, "But why didn't you let me show them? The Rasengan is also made out of chakra. That's so unfair! Why does Neji get favoured?"
"Oh yes I have experience so much favouritism in my life," the Hyuuga branch member mumbles sarcastically, making Shikamaru sweat-drop.
"The Rasengan is not usable for that. It swirls way to fast and all you can do with it is smash things. Plus you would just have boasted with your jutsu, dobe. We didn't need that. And you would have needed a bunshin. I doubt anyone would want to explain that to the pirate yet," Sasuke argues back.
"That's not true," Naruto bristles, "You're the one who is always boasting. You're just jealous of my jutsu, teme!"
"Sure not! I am way better than you! I could defeat that weak jutsu of yours anytime."
The Nara only mumbles 'troublesome', Neji sighs and Kanda raises an eyebrow again. The other three exorcists are kind of unsettled by how similar it looks to Allen and Kanda fighting. The white head shoots a look to the other, but the Japanese is only watching the bickering couple with annoyance clear on his face (does he ever show anything else?).
"You lost once! You will lose again, teme!"
"Want to try out, dobe?"
"Sure, you're o – "
But before the two can start to really fight in the middle of the field, Neji breaks in exasperated, "Yes, that's enough now. You can fight that out in your free time. Now be quiet. We have to explain the exorcists how chakra works in our world. And Naruto, you better listen too. It would do you good to finally understand how it works."
Naruto flushes and glares at the brunette, "I do understand it! I'm not stupid! You don't have to explain it to me again."
"Oh really, you're not stupid?" the Uchiha teases, "I remember it being explained to you more than once and you still didn't get it."
"That was years back," the blonde yells.
"And now you understand it?"
"Of course I – "
"No, you don't," Neji interrupts again, "You know the basics and how to use it, yes. But when it comes to more specific knowledge you know less than a fresh genin probably. So be quiet and listen. And you Sasuke, stop taunting him or we will never get anywhere. Do me a favour and remember for once that I am a jounin and you only chunin."
"You're pulling rank on us?" Naruto asks incredulously.
"If it's the only thing that shuts you up!" Neji groans back, "Besides you could also be a jounin by now if you could have made it through the written exams of the jounin selection. That's what I mean when I say you lack knowledge. If you would actually listen sometime you would maybe make it next time."
He rubs his temples and turns back to the exorcists and Shikamaru, who was watching the whole scene with a mixture of amusement and boredom. He smirks at the Nara.
"Thanks a lot for the help, Mr. Lazy. As a reward you are the one who has to explain to our four friends how chakra works."
"What? Why me?"
"Because you said nothing since the beginning and we don't want to neglect one of our group, so now it's your turn. Besides I need a break."
He huffs and steps back, leaving an annoyed Shikamaru to an excited Lavi who is portraying a rabbit again. By now even Allen has lost the last doubt where Kanda got the nickname for the red head from (which doesn't mean that he agrees with his own; he's not a beansprout!). Shikamaru mumbles another troublesome and then starts to drawl out the standard explanation every ninja student hears.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Maybe next chapter will be sometime in this month. We will see.
Hope to see you then.
