Elemental Release
Author's notes: Neji, Kankuro, and Sakura start teaching Neji's genin elemental release. Yes I AM totally making up pretty much everything in this though it should be noted Neji does have the three Elemental Releases he mentions. We just never see him actually using them. I'm assuming he knows how because what jonin isn't going to train to be able to use his Elemental Releases?
Anyway, sorry for the lateness in general of updating. Like I said in Bonds, I've gotten really into one of my original fiction pieces and my memory sucks. I'll try not to leave things hanging for too long between chapters, I promise. I will finish this (eventually, it's like the fanfic that never ends I swear) and promise not to leave it without a conclusion in some sense of the world. Might take a while. Sorry. *sweatdrops*
Rated M for sexy scenes between males, swearing, drinking, and gore.
Don't own, borrowing.
Neji smirked as he spat into the sink and heard Kankuro groan from the sitting room. Neji rinsed his mouth before gurgling with mouth wash. He spat into the sink again and rinsed a second time. Kankuro was coming towards him, hiding his footfalls but Neji sensed Kankuro's chakra.
"Ow," Kankuro said, leaning (still nude) against the frame of the bathroom door.
"Now what?"
"Sleeping on the floor was not comfortable,"
Neji chuckled as Kankuro came into the bathroom and went to the toilet. Neji washed his face as Kankuro urinated. Kankuro flushed as Neji dried off his face then went digging for his day moisturizer in his toiletries bag. It had been a good idea on his part to pack two days worth of clothes into his bag the first night he went to see Sakura. Now he could wear the clothes from Friday today.
"You showered all ready?"
Kankuro looked disappointed when Neji met his eyes in the mirror. Neji nodded and laughed softly as Kankuro pouted. Neji finished rubbing in his moisturizer as Kankuro shifted to stand behind him and began massaging Neji's shoulders.
"You know it's quarter after four, right?"
Neji inclined his head to Kankuro's question. Kankuro huffed and picked up Neji's brush. Neji stood still as Kankuro brushed Neji's damp hair. Neji placed both hands on the vanity so he could lean forward, not caring when Kankuro undid the towel around Neji's waist and tossed it to a side. Neji said nothing as Kankuro continued to brush his hair. He did flinch when the bristles of the brush scraped against the back of his thigh.
"Sorry,"
"It's okay,"
Neji shifted out of Kankuro's grip once his hair was brushed and began putting his belongings away. Kankuro stuck his lower lip out at him when Neji took his brush back. Neji snickered before kissing Kankuro's cheek and slipping out of the bathroom.
He heard Kankuro follow and grinned before bending over in front of Kankuro to put his toiletry bag back into his main bag. Kankuro stubbed his toe on something and cursed. Neji chuckled as he tugged his clothing out of his bag and tossed them onto the bed.
"Tease,"
Neji shivered when Kankuro wrapped him in a hug from behind. Neji tilted his head up to meet Kankuro's lips and enjoyed the kiss for several moments. He pulled away, pushing Kankuro back and tugged his thong on. Neji smiled when Kankuro pouted again.
"I do have a team to meet in about forty minutes,"
"I know, I know,"
Neji pulled his pants on and buttoned them, grinning at Kankuro who watched every movement of Neji's body with a smile on his face. Neji fixed the hem of his mesh shirt so it sat properly on his body then got his vest on, buttoning the single button easily and clipping the pendant Sasuke got him through the hole.
Kankuro helped him with the arm wraps. Neji shuddered when Kankuro grabbed Neji's hitai-ate and tied it around Neji's left thigh. Neji let out a little breath when Kankuro wrapped the bandages and black band around Neji's right thigh, lingering on Neji's inner thigh when he was done. Neji snorted.
"Now who's being a tease?"
Neji kissed Kankuro's cheek when the puppet master stood. Kankuro's lips pressed against his and Neji hummed into the kiss. He pulled away again, much to Kankuro's annoyance then pulled on his gloves. Kankuro handed him the bandana and Neji tied it in place before slinging his bag over one shoulder.
Kankuro sighed and ran a hand through his hair as Neji made sure he had everything. He had gathered his clothes when he woke up, leaving Kankuro asleep on the floor. Neji's bear was in his bag as well as his night clothes from Sakura's (two sets), and his dirty clothes from Saturday and yesterday.
"I'll see you at ten?"
Neji kissed Kankuro's cheek when Kankuro nodded. Kankuro held him in place, pulling Neji in for a deeper kiss and Neji complied. Neji tried not to think about how nice it would be to wake up every morning like this. He pulled back and laughed at Kankuro who sulked.
"Take a nap and bring lunch when you come later, okay?"
Neji kissed Kankuro's lips when Kankuro nodded. He patted Kankuro on the cheek twice before striding out of the room and towards the front door to meet with his team. He had a feeling it would be a great day.
The next week passed by swiftly and Neji strode onto the training field Friday morning wondering where it had gone. It turned out Kuma's elemental inclinations were exactly like his: fire, water, and earth. Tora had wind and lightning which meant Neji was exceptionally happy Kankuro would be around for at least another week. It also meant the training regime had become a bit messy.
For five hours Neji and his team would run laps, yoga, strength training, meditate, and spar: Kuma with Akino and Tora with Neji. At 10AM Sakura and Kankuro would arrive. Tora would go with Kankuro to learn elemental release, Kuma with Neji for the same, and Akino with Sakura for both strength and some water elemental release.
After lunch, Kuma would learn chakra control and chakra strings from Kankuro, Tora would stick with medical ninjutsu with Sakura, and Neji would work with Akino on speed and water release. Sometimes while Kuma worked on chakra control mainly on her own, Kankuro would steal Akino away from Neji to show him lightning release jutsu.
Neji knew occasionally it took a Village to train the perfect shinobi but had never thought it would apply to him and his team like it had. At this rate they would be calling everyone sensei, not that anyone seemed to mind. Next week would be odd as Tora would go back to leaving three times a week after lunch to train with Sakura. Hiashi-sama and Tsunade-sama would be leaving on Monday to talk with Gaara-sama about Neji and Kankuro.
Neji wanted to sneak away to listen to the meeting but knew he would be better staying in Konoha. Besides, Neji would get more time with Kankuro the longer the issue of him and Kankuro being together dragged out. Neji got onto the field and watched with a smirk as Kuma practiced her Great Fireball Technique. Her hands shifted from Tiger to Ram to Monkey, Boar, Horse and back to Tiger:
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Her "Great Fireball" was a ball the size of her palm spiraling half a yard in front of her face. It petered out after a minute and she huffed. Neji kept his smile back as Kuma licked her lips. Her hands moved: Tiger, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, and Tiger.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Again she got a little ball of flames half a yard in front of her face. The ball dissolved and Neji looked over to Akino and Tora. Akino was practicing his Lightning Beast Tracking Fang. He was having trouble gathering enough lightning into his hand. Tora was slashing her hand through the air for Wind Release: Slash. Her slashes didn't do much but move the grass back and forth in front of her. It did cut a few blades.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Kuma spat out another small ball of fire that spun for fifty seconds in front of her face before going out. She licked her lips and was about to try again but Neji cleared his throat. Akino dropped his lightning which fizzled out harmlessly. Tora's Slash breezed over the grass and disappeared. Neji caught Kuma when she came in for a hug and patted the top of her head.
"Laps," Neji said.
And so it began. Akino had picked up speed and stayed barely a yard behind Tora which meant he was finally at typical genin speed. Tora's stamina had increased as she didn't lower her speed in the whole hour and she didn't keel over with panting breaths when they were done. Kuma kept beside Neji as normal and when the hour was up, walked around on her hands a bit. They melted into yoga for an hour.
The sun rose as they practiced the various poses and Neji smiled at the warm day. Akino tipped over with a yelp, falling out of the Toe Stand pose. Kuma giggled at him. Tora raised an eyebrow but a smirk came to her face. Neji snorted.
Akino muttered his word as he got back up and into the pose. He tipped over a second time but fell the wrong way, knocking into Tora. Neji watched, trying to hold back a grin as Tora gasped then fell into Kuma. Kuma went over with a scream as both her teammates fell onto her. Neji started chuckling, lost his balance but landed on his ass.
It took his genin a minute to figure out what limb belonged to who but finally they got back to their feet. This time Tora took two wide steps back. Now if Akino fell he wouldn't hit anyone in any direction. Neji shook his head and they moved into Tree Pose.
Strength training came next which Akino yawned through. Kuma and Tora did the push ups, squats, and various other exercises with enthusiasm. They were all soaked in sweat by the end of the hour. All three happily sunk into lotus position to mediate.
At 8:30 Neji woke them up (literally in Akino's case) and they began sparring. Neji flipped Tora over his shoulder and she hit the ground but rolled away, coming up on her feet and coming at him again. He blocked a kick and a punch then caught her fist and tossed her to a side. She stumbled but didn't fall over and came back again.
"Good," Neji said.
Tora smiled then gaped as he tossed her over his head. She landed on her feet then spun in a kick, a Kuma-esque move and Neji grinned as he blocked the kick, grabbed her ankle and flung her away again. This time she landed on her hands and back-flipped. Unlike Kuma she didn't hit the landing and ended up on her back in the grass.
"That's what you get when you try to copy me!"
Kuma's shout came from across the field and Neji heard the red-head giggling. Akino had a smirk on his face. Neji coughed to hide a laugh but saw Tora had a grin on her face. She sat up and shook her head then got to her feet and ran at him again.
Neji hurled her to a side again. She landed on her hands but managed to stick the back-flip. Neji saw Kuma clapping as she kicked at Akino. Neji nodded to Tora who gave him a broad smile before coming at him again. He pitched her behind him and she rolled into the fall, coming up on her feet and attacking.
She was getting much better at this and only failed to catch herself once or twice out of twenty throws. She barely stumbled too and Neji was starting to think perhaps his genin might be ready for the chunin exams. He pushed the thought down and lobbed Tora away again. She flipped away and stumbled on getting to her feet but recovered well.
"Hey!"
Neji flung Tora over his shoulder to see Kankuro, Sakura, and Sasuke coming towards them. Neji straightened from his fighting stance, happy to see Tora had caught herself from her last recovery. Kuma was front-flipping towards them (Neji knew it was purely because she could) while Akino ran towards them.
"Jeez you guys are covered in sweat and grass stains and it's only been five hours," Sakura said.
"But it's fun," Kuma said.
She had front-flipped to land perfectly beside Neji. Akino caught up and stood directly in front of Sakura who grinned at him. Tora took Kankuro's hand and the puppet master smirked. Sasuke blinked, confused and Neji decided not to enlighten the Uchiha.
"Neji-sensei," Kuma said.
Neji glanced down at her.
"Isn't he a natural fire-user?" Kuma asked, pointing as Sasuke.
Oh Hell no. Neji would not allow Kuma, his Kuma, to train with Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke looked between Kuma and Neji, a small smile coming to his face.
"He is," Neji had to admit.
Kuma's question had caused Kankuro and Sakura to stop and stare, Sakura biting her lip while Kankuro scowled. Tora had a frown on her face and adjusted her glasses. Akino's eyes were narrowed and he looked unimpressed.
Neji tried not to laugh when Kuma's hands formed the seals and she raised the Tiger seal to her mouth. Sasuke stared at her with his eyebrows raised and his jaw dropped when Kuma shouted the name for her technique. Her "Grand Fireball" hit Sasuke in the upper chest but being the size of a person's palm it dissolved on impact. Even so Sasuke had taken a step back.
Neji heard snickering and saw it came from Kankuro. Tora rubbed her forehead with her head bowed, annoyed. Akino had deadpanned. Sakura had her mouth covered with a hand and was trying not to laugh.
Kuma grinned, kicked Sasuke in the shin, and took the few steps back to stand beside Neji. Neji kept the solemn expression on his face as Sasuke glared at Kuma. Kuma stuck her tongue out at the Uchiha.
Neji remained unfazed as Sasuke looked at him. Neji returned the heated stare and tried not to chuckle. Kuma would never fail to surprise him.
"Hyuuga, what have you been teaching your genin?" Sasuke asked.
"Fire Release as she has an affinity for fire," Neji answered.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. The tension had become palpable. Kankuro stood with one hand on the scroll of his puppet. Tora had moved to stand behind Kankuro. Akino clenched his fists but Sakura held him back with a hand on his shoulder. Neji did not know who out of the two would be stronger.
"And how did you learn the Grand Fireball technique?" Sasuke questioned.
Neji snorted. He crossed his arms over his chest and pegged Sasuke with wide eyes. Sasuke flinched at the creepy-white-eyed stare.
"By watching you during the chunin exams all those years ago. Did you forget why I am considered a genius?" Neji returned.
Sasuke scowled then grinned.
"So what, you memorized the hand seals but can't do it?"
Neji wanted to punch Sasuke in the face but punching was more Lee or Guy's style. Instead Neji performed the proper hand seals as Sasuke watched, unconvinced. Neji took a breath.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
Sasuke gaped as Neji's fireball flew by deadly close to him, coiling in a ball five yards in diameter five yards away for several moments before Neji let it drop. Neji licked his lips and smirked as Sasuke who stared at the grass Neji burned with wide eyes.
"Perhaps you should read up on the files of your friends. Maybe then you'll see I have an affinity for fire, water, and earth," Neji said.
He turned away from the stunned Uchiha and guided Kuma to a different area of the field. Neji did hear Kankuro snort before the puppet master and Tora moved to another section. Neji activated Byakugan and saw Sakura telling Sasuke something. Akino stood by, looking annoyed and Neji kept his chuckles back.
"All right, go for it," Neji said.
Kuma nodded, did her hand seals, and released her fireball. Neji watched the chakra coil as she did and frowned. She dropped the technique and looked up at him.
"Apply a bit more chakra during the last Tiger seal," Neji said.
Kuma nodded. This time her fireball was the size of her head. Kuma got so excited she released the technique prematurely to fist pump. Neji coughed to hide a laugh when she realized what she had done and pouted. Neji saw Sasuke had not left but decided not to pay attention to the Uchiha as Kuma did the hand seals. Her Grand Fireball maintained head size and Neji saw her trying to grin as it spiralled almost two yards in front of her face.
She kept at it but Sasuke still did not leave for a full half hour. Finally the Uchiha huffed, turned on his heel and stalked off. Neji called for lunch at noon and settled with his team, Sakura, and Kankuro. Kuma's lips were chapped and she had pink spots on her chin and around her mouth. Akino had minute scratches along his face and arms from punching the hell out of trees and the field. Tora showed no signs of wear except general exhaustion.
"This is the last day we can do this right?" Kuma asked.
Neji knew what she meant and nodded.
"Tomorrow will be a light training session and Sunday we are taking the day off. But yes, Monday Sakura goes back to work at the hospital so Tora will be leaving with us at thirteen hundred hours," Neji said.
Kuma frowned but nodded. Tora hid a smile behind a maki roll. Akino yawned.
"So how will training after lunch work?" Kuma asked.
"Well, I'll still be here so really, not much changes except Tora won't be physically with us," Kankuro said.
Kuma beamed and went back to her food with a flourish.
"Actually, if you guys don't mind, I'll stick around. It gives us more time to train anyway," Sakura said.
"I don't mind," Neji said.
Akino snorted and they all looked to him.
"So nothing changes?" Akino questioned.
"Well, besides the fact I won't be training with you for two hours in the morning," Sakura said.
Akino opened his mouth then scowled. Neji frowned. He had been enjoying teaching Kuma fire style jutsu. He could shift to teaching her some water style with Akino. It meant in the afternoons Akino could move onto sparring with Neji and doing more strength drills.
"It will be fine, Akino, don't worry," Neji said. "Kuma has an affinity for water as well so the three of us will work together on water style. After lunch you and I will spar."
Akino blinked then nodded. A small smile had come to his face. Sakura had raised an eyebrow and looked thoughtful.
"So you're really not preparing them for chunin?" Sakura asked.
Neji blinked then shook his head. Kankuro chuckled.
"Why?" Neji enquired.
Sakura shrugged but her smile was too innocent. Neji said nothing when Kankuro wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
"Oh no reason," Sakura said. "Except the fact all three of them are training in two of their affinities instead of one like normal genin."
Neji opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He closed it after a moment and frowned into his bento box. She did have a point.
"At least they'll be prepared," Kankuro said. "And who expects a genin to be able to use two natures? It'll give them an advantage in any fight they get into, assuming they can perfect a few good jutsu from their elements."
Neji nodded in agreement. None of them were close to perfecting their elements yet. Neji knew it would be at least a month for Kuma to get a proper Grand Fireball and Akino to get Lightning Beast Tracking Fang. Tora's Wind Slash would take a while as well.
"We're still not going into the exams," Kuma said. "I mean not until we can get a hit on Neji-sensei and none of us are close."
Sakura gaped at her as Kankuro chuckled. Akino and Tora were agreeing with Kuma's words. Sakura shook her head and pointed at Neji with her chopsticks.
"That's how you got them to stay out of the chunin exams this year?" Sakura asked.
"Hn,"
Neji didn't know what the problem was as Sakura shook her head at him again.
"Lee and Tenten have to work their asses off to get a hit on you! Hell, even Hinata still hasn't managed to beat you. Jeez," Sakura said.
Neji jolted when all three of his students glared at him. He had his chopsticks in his mouth after depositing a bit of rice and kept them there for a moment. Kuma poked him hard in the arm with her chopsticks. Akino deadpanned. Tora scowled. Neji removed his chopsticks from his mouth.
"Uchiha, Uzumaki, and six others I cannot remember the names of are at my level, higher or a bit lower," Neji said.
Sakura frowned and tapped her chopsticks against her mouth.
"Okay, good point. Any actual genin going in this year is going to get creamed. Still," Sakura said.
"I did mention it was either a hit or if I believed they were strong enough which means they do not necessarily have to hit me," Neji said.
Sakura blinked then chuckled. His students had gone back to their meals. Kuma was flushing. Akino muttered his word and Tora nibbled on the edge of a maki roll with her cheeks tinted pink.
"I still think I won't be ready till I hit Neji-sensei," Kuma said.
"Then we might be genin for decades," Akino muttered.
Kuma threw rice at him. Akino made no motion to brush the rice off his legs and went about eating his lunch. Neji kept a laugh back as Kuma huffed. In a frightfully Lee-esque manner, Kuma got to her feet, clenched one fist at her side and pointed to Akino, feet shoulder width apart and her entire body tense.
"I will land a hit on Neji-sensei way before a decade, just you watch you slacker!"
Sakura hid a giggle behind a laugh. Kankuro didn't bother and chuckled in amusement. Tora groaned and went about ignoring the duo. Neji watched with a smile as Akino merely raised an eyebrow at Kuma.
"Annoying," Akino said.
Kuma fell over in shock, literally. Neji watched her fall. She was back on her feet within seconds, back in the same pose. Akino sighed.
"You're annoying!"
Akino shrugged. Kuma sat in lotus position and went back to her food, stabbing it in anger. Neji shook his head and said nothing. He did wonder if he should thank Guy-sensei and Lee for making him immune to hyper-activeness. Neji decided it didn't matter.
Lunch finished quickly enough and Neji led Akino to a safe area of field. Akino followed with a yawn and Neji grinned at him. They started with light sparring. Akino threw a punch and Neji blocked it. He did not expect a kick but blocked this as well. Neji saw chakra gathering in Akino's palm and shifted his head as a stream of water erupted from Akino's fist when Akino tried to uppercut him.
"Damn," Akino muttered.
Akino had used the Water Palm Blade in combat. If Neji had been any slower or not a Hyuuga, it would have hit. Neji smirked and kept sparring with his so-called "slacker" student. Maybe he was being too harsh on them.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
Kuma's fireball blasted two yards away from her, spiraling in a diameter of one yard. It had been another week. Neji watched from his position ten yards up in a tree with his Byakugan activated. He had dismissed the team two hours ago, gone for dinner with Kankuro then realized he had forgotten his reusable water bottle at the field. He had not expected to find Kuma still practicing her fire release.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
He read her lips again but could hear a few bursts of her speech when the wind shifted. Neji watched as she got a bit more distance on her fireball this time. He should be moving to get his water bottle (it was at the middle post where he had left it) and get back to Kankuro in the hotel room but he did not want to disturb Kuma, at least not yet.
He should be spending as much time with Kankuro alone as he could. Tomorrow, Sunday, he and Kankuro would be meeting up with Sakura and Sasuke so Sasuke could see how to treat his lover. Sakura had been happy about it last night, it was all she would talk about at their sleep-over, well, besides Ino asking about Hatomi and Sasuke being pissed Neji knew an "Uchiha" technique and teaching it to a "no-name" genin.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
Neji wanted to tell Sasuke he planned to teach Kuma many so-called Uchiha only fire transformations: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Dragon Fire, Great Fire Destruction, and Great Fire Annihilation. Running Fire and Fire Dragon Bullet were on his list as well. Kuma could combine Running Fire with Tora's Divine Wind (which Kankuro planned to teach her) to make fire hurricanes. The Fire Dragon Bullet could be meshed with Earth Dragon Bullet which he planned to teach Kuma to make the technique more deadly.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
He wouldn't tell Sasuke this. Instead he would let Kuma surprise the Uchiha when she hit him with one of the so-called clan jutsu. Sasuke would be pissed but Neji did not care. Konoha shinobi had been learning Fire Release Techniques for decades. There was no point in stopping them from learning certain ones because of one stuck-up bastard.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
Kuma's fireball lasted longer and had grown another few inches. Neji had a feeling the girl would be back here tomorrow early in the morning to practice her fireball. Neji had shown her a few water style moves but she wasn't interested. She knew if she perfected the fireball she would move onto other flame techniques.
Neji didn't mind. Fire was Kuma's predominate element. Earth was a close second and water was last for her. It made sense with how she dressed. Kuma looked like a moving flame.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
Neji smiled when the fireball went a little further and stayed up longer still. She had been practicing all week while Neji taught Akino more water style jutsu. Akino took to the water style jutsu easily and had all ready mastered Mouth Shot and Water Palm Blade. Water Pillar Thrust, Water Prison, Drizzle, Droplet Spear, Cold Sky Water Attack, and Surfing Strike were on his list to teach Akino and Kuma when she wanted.
"Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique!"
His genin would be dangerous. Neji grinned at the thought. Kuma released her fireball prematurely and went to her knees, panting. She was almost out of chakra. Neji watched as she got to her feet, shaking a bit then began kicking the air in front of her. She flipped onto her hands and launched herself into the air to perform a flying spin kick.
Neji gaped as she made the hand seals for the Grand Fireball Technique in mid-air. She got to Boar, still needing Horse and Tiger then "hit" her opponent. Kuma huffed. Her hand seals were not quick enough to match with the speed of her kicks. Neji had a feeling she would work on remedying this all night and tomorrow.
Again she leaped into the air and tried performing the hand seals before she landed the kick. She failed. She did not let it detour her. When she could perfect this (and Neji had no doubt she would) it would be deadly. A person would start to block a kick but get a fireball in the face instead. Talk about feinting.
Neji saw movement at the edge of his vision field and focused. Kankuro headed towards him briskly and Neji flushed. He had taken too long to retrieve an empty bottle of water. Neji noticed Kankuro was not heading towards Neji but towards the field. Neji moved to intercept his puppet master so Kankuro would not disturb Kuma.
"Kankuro," Neji said as he landed beside him.
Kankuro turned and grinned. The grin faded when he noticed Neji did not have his water battle. Kankuro tilted his head in confusion.
"Kuma's training and I didn't want to disturb her," Neji said.
Kankuro nodded. He joined Neji on the tree limb and Neji grinned when Kankuro wrapped an arm around his waist and kissed him lightly.
"Grand Fireball?"
"Yes but she's trying to speed up her hand seals so when she goes into a flying kick she can perform the fireball right before the kick lands,"
"Son of a bitch,"
Kankuro's eyes had gone wide and he shook his head in awe. Neji hummed and kissed his cheek. Kankuro let out a little breath and frowned as he looked towards the training field.
"I think they're going to be ready for chunin before you're ready for them to go," Kankuro said.
Neji nodded in agreement, watching as Kuma continued to practice her hand seals while kicking. She gained the Boar seal and celebrated with a happy dance. Neji smiled.
"Well they won't be going into the exams this year," Neji said.
"No but they'll kick ass next year. Can you imagine? Jeez,"
Kankuro shook his head and Neji chuckled.
"Let's go,"
Neji kissed Kankuro's cheek when the puppeteer gave raised his eyebrows.
"I have other water bottles,"
Neji kissed Kankuro's nose and took his hand. Kankuro smirked but nodded. Neji de-activated his Byakugan and wished Kuma good luck as he and Kankuro headed out of the forest around the training field. Kuma had a long night ahead of her but Neji knew she wouldn't mind. In fact, she would welcome the challenge. So long as she didn't start wearing a green body suit Neji didn't mind how long Kuma trained.
Did I mention I love Kuma? No I didn't forget someone's after Neji's eyes. They don't go on a lot of away missions, remember?
Reviews welcome, next chapter coming soon.