Chapter 5: Made In A Lab
When Sayuri arrived back at the training area Kakashi had already returned and they appeared to be waiting for her to return. She wished that she could just go home but that was out of the question. She also wanted to show them what she could do since she knew they thought so little of her. One day they will see. After all they wouldn't just create someone like herself without a purpose.
As she approached everyone went silent. She knew that they had been talking about her. She hated it when that happened. What were they talking about when they talked about her anyways? As always Naruto tensed up when she approached him and she smirked inwardly.
"What are we going to do now?' she asked as she let a smile cross her face.
"I thought that should put you through some basic jutsu and chakra training just to see that you are capable of doing it," Kakashi explained.
Now she understood. They had probably been talking about the lack of chakra sense they got from her. After all how could they feel chakra coming from her when she had none inside herself?
So naïve she though to herself.
A few hours later all four of them were sitting in the grass panting from the work that they had done. They had gone through rigorous training on chakra use and control. Sayuri sat there breathing heavily, and faking exhaustion. This was nothing compared to some of the training she had been through. Then again it didn't help the fact that she didn't have any chakra to run out of. That was one of her biggest advantages.
"Well then, I think you guys deserve a break," Kakashi stated as he smiled at the lot of them, "Good job today Sayuri,"
Sayuri nodded and smiled.
"I'm going to go for a moment and but I'll be back soon," and with that he took off.
Sayuri looked around at her teammates; maybe she could make some conversation with them.
"Hey Sakura, I heard that you graduated ninja school at the top of your class, that's pretty cool," she said as she gave Sakura a thumbs up.
Sakura blushed and looked at the ground, "He he yeah, what school did you graduate from Sayuri?"
"I was home schooled…"
"Really, I didn't know that was possible," Sakura responded.
"I traveled a lot and trained with many different sensei. I still had to come back to the academy to do my testing though,"
"Who did you travel with?"
"Um…I traveled with father…" she cringed at the use of the word. She was forced to call him that when she referred to the jerk that made this pointless existence of hers.
Sasuke looked up in surprise, "but I thought…" he started but then stopped.
"He's not my actual father," she began to explain, wondering how much she should tell them, "he's just the person that takes care of me,"
"What happened to your parents?" Naruto asked.
"NARUTO! WHAT A RUDE QUESTION! YOU DON'T JUST START ASKING PEOPLE SUCH PERSONAL THINGS!" Sakura yelled.
"No it's OK," Sayuri, said with a smile, "I never had any…"
"I don't understand," Sakura said.
"I'm somewhat of an experiment I guess you could call it," she began "I was made in a lab and have never had any real parents. The man I call 'father' is the scientist that made me,"
Everyone just stared at her in shock.
"You guys look well rested, how about we start some more training now?" Kakashi offered from behind them.
No wonder she always says her existence is pointless Sasuke thought to himself. What a life, knowing that you were simply made in a lab. She must have been made for a reason though; you don't just wake up and randomly decide that you're going to make a person.
Sasuke was wandering the streets randomly as he thought about what had happened today in the training area. When she had said that she had never had a family he thought that she meant they were just killed when she was very young or something along those lines, but he had never considered taking that statement that literally.
This aroused so many questions about her though. Why was she made? There must be so much that she is hiding from everyone, and probably for good reason. The possibilities were endless. There must be something really special about her. Whatever it was Sasuke was sure that they would find out soon enough.
She can't hide forever he thought.
Naruto lay in bed awake tonight, restless. He felt for Sayuri and felt that they may have just had a little in common. No one treated her like a normal person because she wasn't. Naruto knew that feeling as well. Almost everyone in the village hated him for the Nine-tail fox he bared inside himself. Maybe they had more in common then what he thought. There was still so much about her that remained a mystery.
Why would someone CREATE a person? He asked himself for what seemed like the millionth time this night. Naruto knew that she was created for a reason though. One thing was for sure; there were definitely many things that they didn't know about her. He also thought that she must have been stronger than what she appeared to be today. Sasuke must have been right…she was holding back.