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Kekie Genkai (Bloodline Trait)
Chapter 4
"Ugh…I can't move…" Danny moaned as he lay flat on the bed. His new t-shirt, long-since abandoned, lay off to the side of the room somewhere as he lay shirtless. He felt as though he didn't even have the strength to sit up in the bed, which consequently happened to be soaked with sweat.
"Good, because you're not about to," Naruto informed him.
"Huh?" In response, Naruto unbuckled the belt that kept Danny's ankles tied to the bed and dragged him off of it.
"Besides raw strength, a ninja has to have great balance. When you're jumping from tree limb to tree limb in a forest, you want to know that you'll be able to stop on a dime and stand on a branch."
"So…how am I going to learn balance?" In response, Naruto sat down near a wall Indian-style.
"Just sit like this and don't move. Once you get better, I'll start placing objects on top of your head and you'll have to balance them there. He reached off to the side somewhere and retrieved a vase, and placed it on his head.
"How long are we doing this for?" Danny asked as he mimicked Naruto's position.
"Oh, about four hours," Naruto replied casually. There was a short silence.
"You people are insane." Danny finally declared.
"Hey, do you feel like doing ten thousand push-ups?" Danny shook his head vigorously. "Then quit complaining and do what I say, alright?" Danny nodded, closed his eyes in concentration, and prepared for the long haul.
Four grueling hours later…
"Okay, I think we're done," Naruto announced.
"Great!" Danny exclaimed. He stood up and stretched.
"Yeah, great for you…ten thousand push-ups." Danny paused in mid-stretch.
"But I was good! I did what you asked!" Naruto shrugged.
"You've still gotta get in shape. Ten thousand push-ups, and then we can go to sleep. Danny grumbled something incoherent as he and Naruto lay down on the floor and began their push-ups.
Ten Thousand Push-Ups Later
"Okay, any other ways you want to torture me this evening?"
"Nope, I'm good. You should get some sleep before we head over to the training grounds to meet up with Sakura." Danny yawned and clambered into the bed. After the intense workout, he was exhausted. He lay down and was asleep before his head hit the pillow.
It seemed as though Danny had barely closed his eyes before Naruto shook him awake.
"C'mon, it's time to meet up with Sakura," he informed him. Danny got out of bed and searched around for his shirt. He put it on, then put on his shoes and followed Naruto outside. As they walked through the Hidden Leaf Village, Danny noticed that they headed away from the building he'd arrived in with the hokage. For the first time, he noticed that behind that building there was a huge cliff that had faces carved into the cliff face, much like Mt. Rushmore.
"Uh, Naruto? Who are those guys?" Naruto looked over and noticed Danny looking at the cliff.
"Those four people are the first four hokage's. The one you met yesterday was the third. I'm going to be the fifth one day!"
"Oh…what happened to the fourth?"
"This village is really new; it was built only about twelve or thirteen years ago. The old Village Hidden in the Leaves was destroyed by a monster called the Nine Tailed Fox."
"Oh, so he died defending the town from this creature?"
"Sort of. He used a really powerful jutsu to contain the beast and seal it away. The justu took up all his chakra, though, so the hokage died in the process." Naruto conveniently left out the fact that the Nine Tailed Fox was hidden away inside of him. He didn't want Danny to start avoiding him as soon as he found out, like the rest of the villagers.
While the two of them were talking, they had reached a building that looked like a large school. The only difference was that it was painted white, as opposed to the red brick that adorned Casper High. Naruto and Danny went around the back and saw Sakura standing in the courtyard behind the school. They walked over to her.
"Hey, guys!"
"Hi, Sakura."
"How was your first night of training, Danny?"
"It was…" Naruto elbowed him in the ribs. "Great! Really great!"
"Hm…so how many push-ups and sit-ups did he make you do?"
"Uh…a lot…" Sakura growled.
"You made him do ten thousand of each, didn't you?" She yelled as she pointed at Naruto.
"He's gotta get in shape somehow!" He yelled back. "Besides, now he's got great abs!"
"Kid's got a point," Danny commented. Sakura put a hand to her forehead.
"Whatever…I'm not going to tell you how to do your job, Naruto. But now it's my turn to teach Danny." Naruto nodded and left.
"So, Danny, I taught you all about chakra, right?" She asked. Danny nodded.
"Good." She placed her hands together so that her left index finger and middle finger were pointed straight up. "This position allows a person to focus their chakra and build it up so that they can perform jutsu's. Here, you try it." Danny awkwardly put his hands together.
"Eh…it doesn't look as good as yours," he noted.
"Here…" Sakura took his hands and moved them up so that they were parallel to his chest. She then forced his two hands closer together and arranged his fingers so that they were intertwined correctly.
"That's how it's supposed to look," she said. At this point, she noticed that she was still holding Danny's hands. She yanked her own back quickly, as though she'd been burned. Danny thought he saw a blush creep up her neck, but it was gone in an instant and her tone immediately became professional.
"Now, there are hundreds of different jutsu. In order to do different ones, you have to make specific hand signals once you've built up your chakra." She proceeded to teach him four of the most common hand signs and had him practice them. After that, they decided to have him try out a basic justu.
"Let's start with a transformation jutsu," she said. "This one is used more often than any other one I can think of. A ninja uses it in order to trick his or her opponent. But since it's only your first time, it's probably not going to come out the way you want it to exactly." She taught him the order of hand signs that would work this particular justu without chakra first. Then, he built up his chakra and when it was strong enough, did the four signals.
Danny was immediately engulfed in a cloud of gray smoke. When it cleared, a man slightly taller than him was standing in his place. He had white hair that was slicked back in a ponytail and a white goatee. He was wearing an expensive Armani suit and a bow tie. Sakura cocked an eyebrow.
"Who are you supposed to be?" she asked.
"I'm a Fruit Loop!" Danny replied happily. Sakura shrugged.
"Whatever. Good job, though, that was really realistic!"
"Really? It worked?"
"Yeah, it went perfectly." There was a puff of gray smoke and Danny reappeared.
"Okay, that's enough nin-jutsu for now. If you try to do too many justu when you're chakra hasn't been built up enough, you'll just end up hurting yourself. We can use our chakra to get to the training fields, but that's it for now."
"Training fields? What for?"
"We need to teach you how to properly use kunai and shuriken. Now, build up your chakra and start running in that direction." She pointed to the north.
"Okay," Danny replied as he arranged his hands into the basic hand sign. When he felt his chakra had radiated throughout his entire body, he took off. Everything became blurry as he sped down the path at speeds he'd only previously attained while flying.
"Wo-hoo!" he shouted. "Take that, President's Fitness Test!" Sakura shrugged and chased after him. They ran through the village and eventually reached an open grassy field. A large target was propped up on one of the trees that surrounded the field. Danny noticed several kunai and shuriken on the ground in front of the target. Sakura picked up a kunai and turned to face Danny.
"Okay," she began. "You know what these weapons are from when we visited you, right?" Danny nodded. "Okay. A kunai is a ninja's most valuable item. They can be used for practically anything, from laying or discovering traps to fighting in hand-to-hand combat. But the most basic function of a kunai is that of a throwing weapon." Still looking Danny in the eye, she threw the kunai at the target. She hit the bull's-eye.
"Now you try," she said. Danny picked up a kunai, lined it up, and threw it at the target. It hit the trunk of the tree above the target. Sakura sighed.
"We've got a lot of work to do," she mumbled.