A/N: A few swear words ahead.

Asura smiled as Kaiya landed another attack on her. With her help, the girl was making obvious progress in no time.

'Katon: Fire Breath!' Kaiya mumbled, forming the necessary hand signs.

As soon as the justu activated, a medium-sized blow of fire fell in Asura's direction.

Although the justu could do some good damage to the enemy, it wasn't a rare or unseen jutsu by any means and, if you knew your jutsus, you could counter it with no problems.

'Water style: Raging waves!' Asura countered, with a large amount of water that stopped the upcoming fire easily.

Kaiya cursed under her breath. Plan B, in action!

'Earth release: Mud wall!'

As the jutsu activated, a tall wall of mud rised from the ground, winning her a few second to move to her next step.

'Wind release: Great Breakthrough!' Asura attacked.

A powerful blast of wind hit the mud wall, destroying it in just seconds. Behind it, a crouched Kaiya remained still. Got you, thought Asura.

'Wind release: Air bullet!'

Sharp blows of air aimed at Kaiya, but as soon as they touched her, her body disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

'A Bunshin?' Asura murmured.

'Gotcha.'

Asura's eyes widened, as a hand was placed on her back. She turned around in an attempt to escape, only to find her arms and legs stuck with transparent threads, with chakra flowing through them.

'What did you do?' Asura asked.

'I put the temporary paralysis justu.' Kaiya smiled. 'Chakra absorbing jutsu.'

Asura chocked on her own words. As soon as Kaiya said that, Asura felt her body weakening. After a few minutes, Kaiya took her hand of the woman. While her own chakra was restored just fine, Asura's chakra reserves were emptied.

She tried to move her body, but the paralysis was still affecting her body. This'll last for another ten minutes, she thought. She wasn't a particular stranger to this justu, but she had yet to find a way to counter it.

'Asura-san, forgive me for this.' Kaiya said. 'Raining Needles jutsu.'

Raining needles...? Asura sighed a little. That will leave some marks.

'Hokage-sama, I'd say that she's jonin level.' Asura said, with a few bandages on her arms and face. 'She's capable of using the Raining Needles justu and she can cast the Temporary paralysis jutsu through threads.'

'Asura,' Tsunade sighed, 'You've been only training her for a week. It would be nearly impossible unless she's a prodigy.'

'I don't know about prodigy, but she's a fast learner for sure. She mastered the basics of ninjutsu very quickly, and it's only a matter of time until she'll learn enough ninjutsu to get skilled in it.'

Tsunade thought.

'Here's the deal, Asura. Although in strength, she might be near if not jonin level, she has yet to gain experience. You'll tutor Kaiya until she gets skilled enough for a jonin in all aspects- ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjustu, you name it. When you think that she's skilled enough, come again and let me know.'

Asura sighed. 'Yes, ma'am.'

Kaiya's eyes widened in surprise. It wasn't that she couldn't believe it. It was just unexpected. She trained with the woman for a week and a half, and now this?

'Is this a prank?' She asked. 'You definitely caught me here.'

'Can't say I'm a fan of pranks, to be honest. So no, this is not a prank. I am willing to take you on a mission with me. It'll help you gain experience and be more skilled.'

Kaiya lowered her gaze, in thought. 'I see. What type of mission is it, Asura-san?'

'A-rank, aiding to an inspectation team from the land of Lighting.'

'Why do they need aiding, though? They should be fully capable of handling things themselves, shouldn't they? There isn't any war.'

'I know.' Asura nodded, understandingly. The girl was observant. She liked that. 'That's why Lady Hokage brought it up to A-rank. She doesn't really trusts those fuckers and as sure as hell that she won't send her genin to die like that.'

'Then... why me, Asura-san? You're a top jonin, but I'm still a fresh Chūunin with hardly any experience.'

Asura pursed her lips with a sigh as she looked at the girl.

'Kaiya, look at me. You may be inexperienced, but the Hokage chose you for a reason. You may not know it now, and nor do I, but it's better to not overthink it. It's better to not overthink what you cannot change.'

The woman's comment made Kaiya's mouth curl into a small smile. She might as well not admit the amount of confidence that Asura just boosted for her.

'When do we leave?' Kaiya asked, decisively.

'Now.' Asura smiled, 'You don't need to pack anything. Well, except for some weaponry. You might need that.'

'Yes, ma'am!'

And in a few minutes, they were gone. As they walked down the road out of Konoha, a question popped into Kaiya's mind.

'Do we have a scroll, Asura-san?'

Asura shook her head. 'We don't need one. There's hardly any information to give. All the info we have is that we'll meet a three member genin team from the Lightning at the barrier with the Land Hidden in the Frost. They'll lead us from there.'

Kaiya kicked a pebble. 'It's going to be a long trip until there, Asura-san. Three days.'

'Not if we can help it- I know a shortcut. We can make a day and a half to two days, instead of three.'

'Really?'

'Mhm.' Asura hummed. 'You have to run at a faster pace through some serious terrain. Do you think you can do that?'

Kaiya nodded.

'Of course.'

'Follow me, then.'