I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 36: No Training For Me
"Hey, you're up, Kyoshi!" I heard Naruto say. I was suffering from mental fatigue. Naruto continued: "That means he doesn't have to take you to the hospital!" okay, who's 'he'?
"How long have I been out?" I asked.
"Um… ten minutes." he said.
"Ten minutes!" I yelled. "It felt like days!"
"Nope! Just ten minutes! Why'd you pass out, anyway? Sasuke did the same exact thing." Naruto said. I remembered getting stabbed multiple times and shuttered.
"You don't want to know." I said "So what happened to Itachi and Kisame?"
"They got away." Naruto said.
"Oh." I said. I stood up and noticed Gai standing there with Sasuke. I did an anime fall.
"What the hell is he doing here?" I asked.
"Well, he was here to take back both you and Sasuke, but now it's just going to be Sasuke since you're awake." Naruto explained.
"Yes, he decided to pop up when the enemies already left," Jiaiya said, glaring at Gai, "and decided to attack me instead."
"Sorry about that…" Gai said, scratching the back of his head. "Anyway, I should probably get Sasuke to the hospital. But first… Naruto, Kyoshi, I want to give you guys something. Lee got stronger off of these."
He took out two green jumpsuits.
"Holy-" I said. Jiraiya covered my mouth before I could say anything foul. I licked his hand so it recoiled- him wiping his hand off on his shirt.
Anyway, Naruto was psyched about the horrid jumpsuits, but there was no way in hell that I would be seen wearing that thing. Then Gai left with Sasuke on his back.
"Cool, right?" Naruto asked, holding them up.
"No!" I yelled. "Let's go!"
So we left. Naruto asked why the Akatsuki wanted him. Jiraiya told him that they didn't want him, they wanted what was inside of him.
"Well, I'm glad they don't want what's inside of me!" I said. I subconsciously touched my headband, which was on my arm, covering the Cloud Spirit's mark.
'They actually haven't decided if I would be useful to them or not.' I heard Kamiko say in my head. 'Since I'm not exactly a -tailed beast.'
"What?" I asked, appalled. And how would she know that or not?
'You heard me.' she said.
Naruto and Jiraiya were looking at me like I was insane. Nothing unusual. They thought I was talking to myself.
"What's inside of you?" Jiraiya asked. Oh yeah, he doesn't know…
"The cloud demon." Naruto said. "That's why she's so strong. Isn't it?"
"Yeah." I said grimly. "Let's go." I went ahead.
"So what's this Tsunade like?" Naruto asked. Isn't that what Jiraiya called me when I was fighting him?
"Well, she's unpleasant and she's a big gambler." Jiraiya said. Great. I already forgot why I came.
So, when we got to the town, Jiraiya said we could do anything since there was a festival. Whatever. Then Naruto took out a frog wallet with a bunch of money. Jiraiya went nuts.
"I'll hold that for you." Jiraiya said, excitedly. "So you don't have a temptation of spending it."
"Or how about this." I said. "It's Naruto's money and he can spend it however he wants."
That's when Jiraiya lectured us on how spending money will make you want to spend more and more. And soon you will be in debt because that is what Tsunade did.
"Whatever. Just don't go causing trouble." I gave in. Then I left.
I took out some of my own money. There's no way I was going to show Jiraiya that. Even if I didn't have as much as Naruto. I had 1000 yen (A/N- I think that's about 12 dollars in US dollars). Oh well.
I bought two onigiri and ate them. Well, there went 160 yen. But I don't plan on spending it all.
After 20 minutes of walking (as you already know, that's what I do when I'm bored), I heard a big 'CRASH'. I ran over to it to see a knocked down stand with Jiraiya and Naruto standing in front of it.
"Didn't I say not to cause trouble?" I yelled. "You both are more immature than me! And that's saying something!"
I looked at the guy laying on the broken stand. His shirt was all messed up and his skin was probably deformed now.
"You know what? I don't even want to know." I said, walking away from the scene. They both followed me. Jiraiya was carrying a bag full of balloons.
"What is that for?" I asked.
"Your training." He said.
"I don't feel like training." I said, regretting threatening Jiraiya into letting me come and train with them.
"You don't want to master that jutsu I did?" he asked.
"Actually, I would like to find this Tsunade you were talking about and leave." I told him.
"Well, Naruto would like to learn the jutsu and we aren't leaving until he does." he said.
"Fine." I said, sitting down in the grass. "Go ahead, Naruto. Master the jutsu."
"He can't master it if he doesn't know how to." Jiraiya said. Then he told Naruto to spin the chakra inside the balloon and such.
When Naruto was in the middle of failing this, Jiraiya fell asleep (after drinking some alcohol or something).
"My god, Naruto!" I yelled, exasperated. "How hard can it be?"
"If you think it's so easy, then you do it!" Naruto yelled, giving me the balloon. I took it in my hand.
"So, I make the water spin with my chakra?" I asked. He nodded. I tried it, but nothing happened.
"Not so easy, now is it?" he asked. Then the balloon popped.
"You were saying?" I retorted.
'Show off,' Naruto thought.
Then Jiraiya woke up.
"Did you master it?" Jiraiya asked with fatigue.
"No, but Kyoshi did.' Naruto said, annoyed.
"Well, that's good for you, Kyoshi." Jiraiya said.
"How do I do it?" Naruto asked, frustrated. Jiraiya said that he had to send the water spinning in the right direction. Blah, blah, blah.
Then Naruto said that he would master the jutsu in three days.
"Three days?" Jiraiya asked. "It was passed down by the forth hokage and it took him a whole three years."
Well, Naruto mastered the water balloon step the next day. He did it differently than me, though. Oh well. I guess it doesn't matter.
"Next step." Jiraiya said, giving me and Naruto a rubber ball. "And let me tell you- it's a lot harder than the water balloon."
"Didn't I say I don't want to learn this jutsu?" I asked, throwing the balloon back into the bag.
"You should be grateful I'm teaching you it!" he said. "In the meantime, I should get back to doing my research!" then he left.
I watched and waited for Naruto to pop the balloon.
"This is taking forever!" I yelled in frustration. Naruto didn't way anything because he didn't want me to show off again. Well, at least that's what I thought. But I wasn't too sure.
Anyway, Jiraiya came back with an ice pop and gave Naruto half and kept half himself.
"Thanks for getting me some." I said.
"I don't see you doing anything." he said.
"I'm motivating Naruto." I said. "But I'm only joking. I don't want any."
Well, Naruto kept creating small holes in the rubber balls. He wasn't making any progress at all. His chakra was low and he didn't look too good.
"Naruto, you're going to kill yourself over a rubber ball." I said. Well, he passed out.
"Jiraiya, I know you're there!" I yelled, pointing to the tree he was behind. "Didn't anyone tell you it's rude to eavesdrop?"
"Whatever, Kyoshi." He said while I got an anime vein.
Naruto woke up and tried it again. The amount of chakra he used was insane. It caused him to slide back, but Jiraiya stopped him.
"Well, it looks like you've mastered the second step." Jiraiya said.
"Now tell me the third one." Naruto demanded.
"That will have to wait." Jiraiya said. "It's time for us to meet up with Tsunade."
"It's about time!" I exclaimed.