A/N Hello everone. Here's yet another one. Here is where we begin to rip the lid off this story and kick it into overdrive. No warnings this time, just enjoy.
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The next day brought rigorous training. Orochimaru really put Sasuke through his paces. Kabuto watched from a distance, noting the progress the Uchiha was making. After hours of preparation, Orochimaru motioned to Kabuto to go get Raylin. He hurried off to get her, eventually getting to her residence and rapping on her door, "Raylin, they're ready for you now."
She whipped the door open glaring at him. He took a step back. He could feel her chakra crackling from her skin with anticipation. What is this? What is she going to do? How powerful is this girl? He was a bit worried, but wouldn't let her know that. "You ready?"
"Oh I'm ready Kabuto. Let's go." He led her to the training area where Sasuke and Orochimaru waited. The first thing Raylin noticed when she got closer to them was Sasuke looked tired. She had no idea how much chakra it took to produce the fireball jutsu, but she hoped he had enough. He waved to her and she ran over to him. He didn't hug her this time which was a good thing – not in front of the others. It was obvious that he was glad to see her.
Orochimaru said, "We'll watch from over there. Sasuke, it is your turn to become the sensei. Teach her well, she needs that fire technique." Sasuke just grunted at Orochimaru and led Raylin by the hand about fifty paces away from a rock wall. Then he began quietly,
"I'm glad you're here. I read everything and I understand. What are you going to try and do today?"
"Scare the shit out of them."
"By mixing elements?"
"Yep. But first, I've got to learn the fire thing. How is that done?"
Sasuke explained to her that she was to concentrate her chakra in her belly, complete a series of hand seals and then blow out the chakra creating the fire. She thought about it for a minute, and then he said, "Here, I'll show you. First concentrate your chakra. Then these seals. Use your sharingan to memorize them." She activated her sharingan and watched his hands. "Then position your hands like this and blow hard." He blew out the chakra infused breath and fire shot from his hands in an ever growing fireball that hit the rock surface and turned it black. The fire ceased, he took a few breaths and said, "You think you've got that?"
"I think I've got it. Let me try. Concentrate first like this . . . hand seals, deep breath and blow hard," she blew out her chakra infused breath creating a white hot flame not like his. It was hotter, and bigger, and when it hit the rock wall, the wall began to melt. She stopped, not using much chakra at all. She didn't even infuse the wind element into it. She'd do that next time. She looked at the wall, the melting wall and smiled. Then she looked at Sasuke and said, "Was that good?" He stood there with his mouth open staring at her. She looked over her shoulder at Orochimaru and Kabuto. Both looked very concerned. She thought to herself, good, that's the way I want it. One more try for the audience. "I'd like to try again if I may. Is that alright?" she called to Orochimaru.
"Raylin, what are you trying to do?"
"I just want to try it again, a different way."
Orochimaru was definitely interested in what his fledgling was going to do, but something starting gnawing at his gut. He thought, this girl means business. She's inventing things right here in front of me. Her mind is ticking along quickly, evolving jutsu into something else. What will she turn this one into? He shouted to her, "One more try then."
Raylin nodded and faced the wall again. Before she began she said, "You'd better back up a little Sasuke, I think this one might get a little messy." He didn't question her, he just backed up. She concentrated her chakra, and then infused her wind element into the breath that she was building. She made her hand seals and blew hard. Not only did she infuse wind into the fire element, but at the end, she added some earth element. What happened next had never been seen before. Raylin did not have white hot fire coming from her; she had white hot lava flowing from her hands. Her infused breath combined three nature elements and created lava, destructive, unstoppable lava. She stopped the jutsu and looked at the glowing river she'd created. She was quite pleased with herself. Now if she could only learn to control the lava, shape it, use it. But then she thought, Lava is just thick hot liquid. I can control water, so why not lava? Her mind went a mile a minute as she began calculating just how she could control it. But that would have to wait. The lava spewed out from the melting rock wall and oozed back toward her, cooling and becoming more rock as it spread.
Sasuke walked up to her and said, "That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. How did you do that?"
"I'll teach you once you master more elements."
"I think the boss is worried." She looked over at Orochimaru who had a look of shock on his face. He thought, did I just see this young girl produce lava from her breath? How did she do that? It's impossible! She's created a new jutsu, that's Hokage level at least! I've never thought of how to do that, so how could she do it? But she is always inventing new jutsu, had she just invented this right now? Her wind chakra obviously made the fire burn hotter, much hotter than Sasuke's, thus the white color, but lava? There's something else involved there, and I intend to find out what she's not telling me.
Kabuto interrupted Orochimaru's thoughts, "Orochimaru, that girl. Are you sure you want Sasuke's body? She has so much more to offer you. You saw what she just did. That was impossible, yet she did it like she'd always done it. She mastered a difficult fire jutsu the first time she tried it. She is truly a genius. Shouldn't she be the one you inhabit?"
Orochimaru said, "I'd thought about it before, and discarded the idea. Now I'm not so sure. I have long term plans for Sasuke's body. He will be perfect for what I want to do, if I can just get him to her level. If he doesn't get there when the time comes, I may have to take her, and all her power and knowledge too. She is my greatest invention Kabuto. With her medical skills and constantly evolving chakra control, and brilliant mind, I fear she may surpass me, surpass everyone. I can see why the nine tails respected the Uchiha now. And this girl is only half. Imagine if she were pure blooded."
Kabuto said, "She would be a monster."
Orochimaru turned to him, and nodded.
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A/N: We are officially in overdrive.
Next up: The Uchihas figure out how to accomplish their goals, and what it will take; meanwhile their teachers are suspicious.