Chapter 5 – Broken
*Beep *Beep *Beep *Beep. The alarm clock by Naruto's bed went off. Naruto slowly opened his eyes to a view of the ceiling. Suddenly a wooden sword came into view. "SHIT!" he screamed as the sword crashed into his stomach. "Clearly you haven't learned the lesson from yesterday." Smirked Deziray slinging the sword over her shoulder. Naruto was at her feet eyes watering in pain and gasping for air. "You…YOU Bitch!" shouted Naruto. Deziray once again brought the sword down on his stomach. "Watch your mouth!" she said "You will speak to you betters with respect!." Naruto glared furiously at her. "Get up!" said Deziray. "Training starts today." "Training!" said Naruto excitedly. His face lit up like a child with a treat. "Let's goooo!". He grabbed Deziray's hand and began to drag her toward the door.
"Where do you think you are going?" Said Deziray. "To the practice fields of course." Said Naruto "You said we are training today." Deziray began to laugh. "You think that you're going to train like that? Oh your funny." Naruto stopped. "What other way is there?" Deziray nonchalantly pushes Naruto's hand off her arm. "Its called life skills kid, and your getting a crash course." "Life skills? I already have all of those." He said "Ha!" she snorted. "Do you know how to cook? Sew? Knit? Any sort of practical skills?" "No! Why on earth should I learn that? I have mom to do that all for me." Whack "Ow!" shrieked Naruto. "Brat! You think your mother is always going to be there to wipe your snot and clean up your shit? Grow up!" She grabbed Naruto's ear and dragged him over to a sewing machine. "Sit" she ordered. He sat. "Now, here is how you thread the needle."
Deziray taught Naruto for hours. How to thread a needle, both on the sewing machine and free hand. She taught him how to sew strait stitches. Then she made him practice and practice until the cloth was red from the amount of times he pricked his fingers. At the end of the day he knew how to sew a simple bag and could do repair jobs on his clothing. But his fingers were full of pin pricks and covered with bandages. "Now I am sure you have some respect for common people. They have to learn these skills in order to survive. They can't ride on the prestige of their parents to get by. They rely on there own strength." But I do rely on my own strength." Said Naruto "My parents don't cushion the way for me. My own father the Hokage held me back from taking the Genin exam even though I am the best in the class." "For public opinions sake" said Deziray "but how much do you really know about how your family has helped you? I can tell you for a fact you don't live like a normal person. Before we started you didn't even know how to make your bed." Naruto hung his head. "Your so proud of the fact that your rely on your own strength to get things done don't you Naruto. We'll I want you to really think about it tonight whether its truly your strength. Tomorrow you can give me your answer. If you want me to quit teaching you then I will, but think hard. I will see you tomorrow."
Naruto took a shower pondering Deziray's question. He didn't eat dinner and just went strait to bed that night. Yet sleep eluded him. He sat until the early morning still thinking about what she had said about him and his family. Finally he slept.
The next morning Naruto's alarm went off. His eyes shot open, just in time to see Deziray's wooden sword again descending. Today however, Naruto shot out of bed and clapped his palms together catching the sword. Naruto looked up at Deziray a determined look in his eyes. "Teach me" he said.