Chapter 20:

"Tobirama," I said as a smile stretched on my face. My cheeks flushed a bit and my heart thumped against my chest a little harder. I haven't felt this genuinely excited in a while. The only things getting my heart beating faster is when I have to get intimate with Madara, or when I'm going up the stairs.

"You're different somehow, Takeo," Tobirama observed as he approached me. He scratched his chin and tilted his head, expecting me. My smile faded and I looked away. A lot happened since the last time I saw him. I allowed myself to be attacked by Morina and had her touch my birth defect. I learned about the truth behind my dad's death and killed Morina to save my own life, not that I minded in the end. It was the only option left for me and she was dead to me by that point. I also forced myself to become this new manipulative person, and took advantage of Madara's vulnerability just so that I can get closer to him and get more information. The world has never seemed so dark to me until now.

"Your face is sunken in and the dark circles under your eyes are more prominent—"

"Geez, that's what every girl wants to hear!" I yelled as I playfully punched Tobirama's arm. I chuckled and swayed back and forth. "Come here to train me?" I asked with a wide grin, but then I suddenly realized I haven't yet shown him the Clone Technique. I quickly waved my hands, stopping him from talking, Tobirama narrowed his eyes in response.

"Last time we met I didn't get to show you the Clone Technique! Remember when I told you I killed a fish and brought him back?" I asked. The man seemed freaked out by my behavior and nodded his head slowly, seemingly wary of what was going to happen next. I smirked and did the hand seals. "Be amazed by your girl's progress!" I sang and then it was time to get serious. I need to show Tobirama that he isn't wasting his time on me, that I am learning from him.

"Bunshin no Jutsu!"

I concentrated harder on the jutsu. It was something that I already managed to master and shouldn't even worry about, but I wanted to impress Tobirama so bad. There was a puff of smoke and my body relaxed. I can compare the feeling to really needing to poop and finally doing it and letting go of everything, so magical.

Once the smirk dispersed I was crossing my arms at Tobirama as a grin, that he would call childish, adorned my face. On each side of me there was a clone, mimicking my pose. "What do you think Tobirama? Pretty impressive, no?" I giggled. I waited for a response from Tobirama, I grew nervous as each second passed. He was too silent and there was no emotion on his face. My heart dropped and I turned to my clones, angry. "Augh, I should have made more! I knew two wouldn't be enough! Maybe three? Five?" I whispered to myself. Suddenly a hand plopped down on my head and I screeched. My clones vanished and I heard Tobirama chuckle quietly.

"Good job, Takeo."

I turned around and Tobirama was smiling down at me. My eyes widened and my cheeks flushed I couldn't help, but smile back wider. "Eh, you really think so? Thanks," I chirped, wanting to hear him praise me more. I'm relieved that he didn't call my clones weird looking like Madara. I'd probably bash my head against a tree trunk if I heard him make a comment like that.

"I think it's time you work on Kage Bushin no Jutsu," Tobirama said.

"The what no what?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. Tobirama glared and he bopped my head lightly. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he barked at me. I flinched and nodded my head quickly, "O-of course! That jutsu!" I laughed nervously. I scratched my cheek and turned to the side.

"Wait, that's the one you developed, right?" I asked. A cheeky grin grew on Tobirama's face. "At least you remember that important fact," he said, I think I boosted his ego quite a bit. I shrugged and scratched my head, "Some things just kind of stay with me and others do not," I laughed softly. But I didn't want to exactly want to waste my time learning another variation of the Clone Technique. Tobirama said he would eventually teach me water based jutsus and that's what I need to know.

I glanced over to the body of water in front of me and smiled slyly at Tobirama. "So, why don't we do something different?" I asked, but the man simply held a hand out to silence me.

"You are learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Once you mastered that then you will learn Suiton: Suijinheki—"

"Don't act like I know what that is, Tobirama," I muttered. The man rolled his eyes at me and crossed his arms in frustration. "It's the Water Release: Water Formation Wall. You will learn that next time, just have patience," he muttered, giving me a judgy stare. I squinted my eyes at him in displeasure. "Fine, fine…" I sighed.

Let's just get this over with.

I dropped to my knees and panted like a dog. "No more!" I yelled, holding out a hand to Tobirama. I shook my head in disbelief that trying to master this jutsu would be this hard.

"It's been 15 minutes, Takeo. Stand up."

I dropped to the dirt and laid on my stomach. "Has it really been that long?" I mused, dropping my tired act quickly. I heard a sigh and I lifted myself up and smiled at Tobirama. "I'm no match for your brilliant jutsu, just teach me the Suiton: Suijiwhatever. Maybe I'll have a better shot at that," I grinned, scratching my chin. Tobirama rolled his eyes, I think this was the 5th time I mentioned the jutsu. "It's the Suiton: Suijinheki, and no… I will not teach you it for the 8th time already!" he hissed. I raised an eyebrow, "I thought it was the 5th, oh well," I sighed. It really isn't wise for me to be annoying him. What if I push him too far and poof… he is gone? I bit my lip and slowly did the hand signs. "Sorry, I was just being a brat," I murmured. Tobirama raised an eyebrow at me and I slowly stood up from the ground.

I closed my eyes and focused hard on my chakra.

"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"

A puff of smoke appeared and as it dispersed I looked to my right. There was my clone. She looked back to me and I tilted my head at her. I grinned and suddenly Tobirama moved over to her, brushing her hair off her shoulder. I gave a weird look, wondering exactly what he was doing. He was too close to her, almost intimately close.

"H-hey, buddy! She doesn't like that—"

Suddenly Tobirama moved to strike her and my heart jumped up to my throat.

"DODGE THAT!" I screamed at my clone. She followed my order and dodged. Tobirama moved to hit her again, but I yelled at her to dodge once more. I glared at Tobirama, seeing that he wasn't going to give up anytime soon.

"KICK HIS ASS, TAKEO!" I shouted at my clone. I waved my arms, cheering her on and she finally moved to attack. She lunged forward with a closed fist and with quite a strong force. Her attack was aimed for Tobirama's stomach, but he quickly moved.

"You're gonna have to do better than that," he chuckled, with a sort of mockery in his tone. I huffed in frustration and cupped my hands around my mouth.

"I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, TAKEO! I BELIEVE IN YOU!"

Tobirama looked at me, grinning… menacingly!

"I doubt she'll be able to land a hit anytime soon. This might drag on," he said, annoying me greatly. I crossed my arms and shot him a glare. "I do not care. As long as she lands a hit on your pretty face," I said with a smirk. Tobirama's eyes widened and he dropped his grin. His cheeks quickly flushed and my clone moved in for the kill.

She attempted a special Takeo Uppercut, but Tobirama moved just in time, dodging it. I groaned and dropped to my knees in despair.

Almost had him!

The fight between my clone and Tobirama dragged out for nearly an hour. I didn't even know I was capable of fighting that long, let alone my clone. It didn't even look like a fight, or spar at all. He was kind of just dragging her around, and dodged all of her punches, occasionally going for a few hits when my clone left herself open for one.

I was currently sitting in the dirt, drawing circles with a stick.

"Yeah, go, Takeo… whoop whoop," I muttered. I traced the stick in the dirt and pulled it away, looking at the drawing I made. I grinned and looked up to see Tobirama had punched my clone squarely in the face. My eyes widened and she disappeared, but once she did my body felt this weird sort of tingle.

"Yo, I feel strange," I laughed as I looked down at my hands and clenched them. I felt stronger somehow, even though I was sitting her drawing circles in the dirt for an hour. Tobirama approached me, looking down at me. His eyes immediately went to my drawing and he frowned.

"What is that?" he asked unamused.

"Circles."

"No, that one…"

I grinned and quickly used the stick to scribble out the drawing Tobirama was frowning at.

"Boobies."

"Mature of you," he muttered and used his shoe to dust away the rest of drawings. "Okay, rude, but wanna explain why I feel weird?" I asked standing up. I dusted off my pants and smiled at Tobirama.

"You can use your clone for training purposes. What your clone experiences you may experience as well. So, that's why you feel stronger, although, if you had joined in with your clone you would have gotten better results," he sighed. My mouth dropped at that information. That's possible?

"Y-you let me draw boobs in the dirt when I could have gotten even stronger if I had participated?! Dude!" I shouted as I pushed Tobirama. "That was your own choice, don't blame me," he scoffed.

"Whatever! But that's so weird… but cool… but so weird that my clone is capable of doing that," I whispered. I need to teach this to my men. This would help them so much. How would I explain that I know this jutsu if Madara were to find out though?

Oh well.

"Wait, I pretty much have the Kage Bushin no Jutsu down. Teach me the water thing now!" I said excitedly, nearly jumping up and down. Tobirama simply turned his head, scoffing once more. "Don't be so hasty," he scolded.

"But I want to learn! Teach me!" I pleaded as I reached for Tobirama's hand. I held it tightly, hoping he would give in to me and teach me how to do powerful water moves… or boil ramen with my mind or something.

I smiled softly, hoping my beautiful face will turn Tobirama's mind. I'm just kidding, I'm not that… that beautiful. But hopefully enough to get married. I shook the thoughts from my head and was pleased to see the usual stiff guy had an embarrassed look on his face. His eyebrows were furrowed and his face was twisted into an almost painful look. I was afraid that my touch was causing him actual physical pain and quickly dropped his hand.

"S-sorry…" I muttered, scared that I was going to get a Tobirama-fucking-uppercut.

"What?"

I scratched my cheek. "Uh, well, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I-I can just wait to learn the water jutsu when I see you next time," I whispered. When would that actually be though? We don't exactly have a schedule to meet or anything… It could be two months from now and who knows if I'll even last that long with the Uchiha?

"Let me show you the Suiton: Suijinheki before I leave," Tobirama muttered. He walked past me and stared at the water. I stared at him, suddenly feeling awkward with him. Maybe I shouldn't grab his hand like that. He makes weird faces and I can't tell if he's about to kill me, or is just trying to keep his heart from beating out of his chest because he's in love with me.

I'm getting ahead of myself.

"Hey, watch! I won't do this twice, Takeo!"

Okay, he's back to his usual self.

Tobirama moved his hands quickly, not allowing me to see which hand seals he was doing.

"Suiton: Suijinheki!"

Tobirama sucked in a deep breath of air and suddenly heaved forward, opening his mouth to let water shoot out. I squeaked and the water eventually formed a wall. The jutsu was loud, making me cover my ears in reaction. Water also sprayed onto my face, cooling me down nicely. Although, I'm basically being sprayed by mouth water, so spit. I'm being cooled down by Tobirama's spit. That just put me off.

Once the jutsu was done Tobirama noticed the gross face I was making.

"Not impressed?" He asked annoyed. I looked at him and shook my head.

"I think it's amazing, but… the water was hitting my face," I explained.

An eyebrow was raised from the man and I could tell he was wondering if he should question me even more.

"It's like I'm being sprayed with your spit. S-since it's coming from your mouth—"

"DON'T BE CHILDISH!"

"Takeo, what's wrong with your cheek? It's all red," Akio muttered as he leaned in to inspect my cheek. I rubbed it and sighed.

"It got pulled by an angry water god."

"I'm not even gonna ask you to elabortate."

It's so fun to write Takeo and Tobirama. She's more inappropriate...? Or childish I guess, which Tobirama hates.

Anyways, I'm just having fun with this whole story so sorry it's not as serious... like, Takeo is a low-key troll. If she was here in the real world than she would just be those people who obsess with memes, specifically the spongebob memes. She'd also tag Tobirama in a bunch of them on Instagram and at some point Madara would block her. He didn't follow her before he blocked her. The minute he realized that Takeo was on Instagram he just blocked her. Probably liked one picture on accident, which was a spongebob meme, and then blocked her. Takeo would probably subtweet her family all the time too. Probably some emo shit on how they don't understand her.

I went too long on this... sorry.

Also, Takeo would for sure stalk Madara's instragram tho. She would just use a different account and probably send in hate. Like, "Wow brush your hair for once." "Those bags under your eyes make you look 40 years old, loser!" or when she's drunk: "Fucking VIRGIN."

IDK.

I hope you enjoyed this...? It was kind of all over the place today, but aren't we all?

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Until next time..

bye!