„Speaking"
„Thoughts"
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Chapter 4
A sharp knife flew through the living room and impaled itself into the wall.
"Tenten! I said no weapons!" Naruto scolded as he tried to get the knife out from the wall. How did she manage to make the cut that deep?!
The children should be outside right now, but Tenten argued that she didn´t want to go outside without her weapons, that she seemed to have broken last time she went training. Naruto did not have the time to buy her new ones.
It also hadn´t helped that Kakashi glared at him for leaving him alone to take care of the children…again. But hey, he was the adult for once, so he had the command. Okay, so he had blackmailed Kakashi with a few photos he made and a few stories and it had taken a lot of begging for him to do it, but Naruto felt like he still had won.
Tenten looked down with a pout. "But it´s boring without them! I miss them, they were the first ones I got!" She admitted with a frown.
Naruto finally got the knife out of the wall and sighed. He petted her head and sealed the knife away.
"Woah! How did you do that?!" Tenten inquired with big eyes. That was so cool! Maybe she could do something like that with her new weapons?!
Naruto chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "It´s just basic sealing. You will learn it in the future don´t worry." He reassured her, feeling oddly embarrassed about such a simple compliment. He told himself it was because sealing was something the Uzumaki clan took a lot of pride in.
"Can you teach me please?!" Tenten´s eyes were sparkling in delight at the thought of learning something like that. Naruto grinned at her.
"I will make a deal with you. If you can master the basic knowledge of this sealing technique by noon, I will give you a gift. If not you will have to stop using my kitchen knives as weapons! Are you in?" Naruto asked her with a mischievous smile. It reminded Tenten of a fox.
She nodded with a determined glint in her chocolate brown eyes. No way would she lose!
"Mouuuu! Why is it so hard!" She whined after her 10th attempt at trying it. She was getting nowhere! She was sure she understood it! Naruto explained it to her, she got it! So why wasn´t it working?!
She looked at the clock and sighed.
"Is something wrong?" Naruto inquired with an amused smile. She shot him a pout and turned away.
"It´s too hard! I don´t get it! Why isn´t it working?!" She huffed as she glared at the scroll lying there. It was mocking her!
Naruto burst out laughing at that. Honestly it was too amusing.
Tenten´s cheeks colored. "Are you making fun of me?!" She shrieked as she tried to tackle him. Naruto was holding his stomach from laughing so hard. He was almost knocked breathless when Tenten lunged at him.
"No! No! I am not! Stop! That tickles!" Naruto protested between giggles. Tenten puffed her cheeks out. "I am hitting you!" She retorted feeling offended.
"It´s only natural that you wouldn´t be able to seal right away. At your age you don´t have enough Chakra to do it!" Naruto explained with a grin as he wiped tears away. There was silence for a few minutes.
"So… you just let me try one hour for nothing?! You stupid-stupid TRICKSTER!" She shouted in anger as she lunged at him again. This time Naruto caught her and got off the floor with her. The sealing scroll lying on the floor forgotten. He moved her out of the living room, ignoring her kicks and punches.
He opened a door down the hall and was greeted with his office. Sealing scrolls were on a desk and on the floor, brushes and paint and ink was on the desk too. There was a book shelf filled with many books. Mostly with sealing techniques and Jutsus and Books on Chakra and even a few healing ones.
There was a small window next to the desk. It was large enough to fill the room with light if it was a sunny day and the soft orange curtains complimented the room. If Tenten had to describe it, she would say it was like this room was used the most to her, with its homey atmosphere. No hint of sadness present.
Naruto put her down, gave her a bright smile that stretched across his face and opened a shelf at the desk. She saw him move a few Kunais and shuriken out, they seemed a bit old but still in good condition.
He closed the drawer and held them out for her. She hesitantly took them and looked them over.
"I know these aren´t new ones, but these are the ones I used when I was at your age, so you can have them. I would have bought you new ones, but-." He didn´t even have time to finish as Tenten threw herself at him, hugging him around the waist.
"No! They are perfect! I-I wouldn´t have the strength to give away my weapons, no matter how long ago I used them! This means so much to me! Thank you, Naruto!" She said with the sincerest smile she could muster. Naruto had no choice but to smile back.
As Naruto began to gently push her out of this room, she remembered what the third Hokage said to her, when he saw her training with weapons.
"One always treasures his weapons. It´s these things that would protect your life. So, when one gives you theirs, it shows that they would give you theirs to protect you rather than themselves. It's the will of fire burning brightly."
She giggled to herself as she saw Naruto shooting her smiles and grins. He joked with her until the others arrived. When one asked why she seemed so happy about these old kunais she just shook her head and hold them to her chest, saying they were her newest treasures!