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Raine got home late last night. I hope she will be able to do well on those tests today. I am sure that Naruto and everybody would like her to join our group. Kakashi walked up to the closed bedroom door, "Raine, You awake?" Kakashi asked as he lightly knocked on the door. After a minute of no reply he knocked and asked louder. Still, with no reply he decided to go ahead in to wake her up. "Whoa!" Kakashi turned his head to look away from his daughter. Remind me to never come in here again when she is sleeping. Raine laid sprawled across her bed clothed only in underwear and a long fish net shirt that came down to about mid-thigh. Kakashi saw a pillow lying next to his feet. Maybe…. Kakashi bent down and picked up the random pillow, only to free himself of it by throwing it viciously at Raine's head. Nothing happened. "Nooo waayyy…" Kakashi said to himself. What am I supposed to do now? Just then Raine started to move a little. "Hmmm…" Kakashi turned back around to face her. Raine slowly sat up, holding the pillow in front of her. "Was that necessary?" Raine said with a look of pure vengeance. "Yes, it was. I tried to knock and yell at you, but you still didn't wake up. I decided to come in to wake you up when I realized that you were practically naked. That pillow happened to be next to me so I threw it at you hoping it would wake you up." Before Raine could stumble out an apology Kakashi continued, "No time for apologies, or you are going to be late for the tests." Raine's eyes widened in response. Oh my God! I forgot about the tests. I have to take them in order to even become a ninja here. Then I have to show them some simple jutsus. Tomorrow I have to show them some of my chakra techniques and my fighting abilities.
I'm sure that they are going to make me fight against a Chuunin or higher to see if I qualify to be in the same level as Naruto and Sasuke. I hope I can do it…
"I hope she does alright," Kakashi said to himself, "I would like for her to stay with my group, but I don't know what rouge ninja teach younger ones." After leaving Raine, Kakashi started back to his group. "KaaaKaaashiii. You're late again…" Naruto said, plainly annoyed. "I had to show Raine where the academy is," Kakashi said in a matter of fact attitude, "by the way, talking about Raine, you guys were out kinda late last night."Naruto blushed a little. "Hn," Sasuke rolled his eyes, "like you could ever get a girl friend." Naruto turned around to face Sasuke. "Wanna bet? And besides, I don't even like Raine like that. We were out late because we were just talking and stuff. She told me about her past and why she was here. But the weirdest thing to me was about this guy named Van." Sakura took a step forward. "Why is Raine here, Sensei?" Kakashi looked at Sakura and then looked at the other boys. "I'll tell you after Naruto tells us his story about Van, and why it was so weird to him."
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They want the exact measurements? How am I supposed to know? I just know it's right by looking at it, I don't have to measure it. I can't believe this. This question is almost as bad as the flower questions. "You are a female ninja, so you should know this stuff. It is just something that all females are supposed to know." That is what Iruka-sensei said. I don't know why I need to know the name of the flower that looks good with anther flower. I have eyes. I could just pick certain ones that match each other. It is not that hard. I'm glad Grandma taught me the names of those herbs though, that helped a lot. Now, back to the test. I only have a few more
questions and I will be done. Then all I have to do is a simple clone justu, and then that is all for today! It is already past lunch though, I hope I will have enough energy to do anything at all after this.
BACK TO KAKASHI
"So she is here to find her father?" Sasuke asked. "Yes." Kakashi and Naruto both replied. "Well, has she found him?" He countered. Right before Kakashi was about to answer Raine joined them. "How did you do on your tests?" Kakashi said as he turned to face Raine. "I'm not really sure. Iruka-sensei said that he would let you know tonight so I can continue with my chakra techniques tomorrow." Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all turned to face Kakashi. "Chakra attacks?" They all asked at once. "Tomorrow Raine will show a few of us how powerful her best chakra technique is. Since she wasn't here with us training, we don't know that much about her skills. We are just trying to figure out what she is good at, and if she is good enough to join group seven." Everybody looked enlightened after Kakashi explained what was going on; even Raine understood a little better. "So what technique are you going to do tomorrow?" Sasuke asked. Raine looked down for a moment, obviously thinking about how to reply. "Well, I don't know if I should do my most powerful attack." Raine said with her head down. "Why not? What is your attack called?" Kakashi said to Raine, trying to make her feel better. "Well, I don't really want to because once I used it in the rouge village, no one would talk to me anymore, and I have to kill something when I use it. I don't know what it is called. Father never told me what it was called." Naruto and Sakura looked a little scared and Sasuke looked like he didn't believe anything Raine was saying, which made her not want to use it even
more. Kakashi was the only one really interested in her technique. "You have to kill when you use it? Why don't you explain to me what it looks like, or anything about it. Maybe I can figure out what it is." Raine raised her head to look at her father. I guess I can. "Well, first of all, I don't know how I did it the first time. There were about ten guys around me. Some of them were trying to…you know…there aren't a lot of female rouge ninja, so…anyways, I didn't know what to do and they weren't leaving me alone. I panicked and I felt a lot of energy gathering in my right arm. When there was so much energy that it hurt, or burned, I sort of pushed it into the ground. I could see the other men's energy, so I sort of connected, or sent mine to theirs. I could see other types of energy around me as well, but I can tell the different types apart, and see everyone around me within my actual seeing distance with that type of energy. When I woke up, I found out that I killed six people. I didn't mean to. And I accidently killed one of my only friends. He just happened to be nearby, and I didn't know it was him. Once I recovered, my father ordered me to train night and day in order to master my new technique. As much as I tried, I couldn't do it again. The only thing I could muster up was the ball of energy I had at first, before I sent it into the ground, and that ball of energy wasn't nearly as powerful as the first one I did. I knew the little lightning ball wasn't like the big one I could channel. It didn't feel the same, but my father told me to try and do the same thing with that one as the first, so I did. I woke up again a week later. I taught myself how to master the little lightning ball after a while of training, and I just now found out how to do the big lightening ball one when I was on my way to this village."
Everyone around her looked shocked. They didn't know what say. Sakura: She must be really strong. Naruto: No way! Sasuke: That sounds like Chidori! Kakashi: How is that
possible? "Raine, can you show me the little lightening ball one now? You can save your big one for tomorrow, but how did you perfect your big one on the way over here without killing anyone? And how do you plan to do it tomorrow?" Kakashi looked as if he was in a daze. He still couldn't believe what he just heard. And how could she see energy? He would just have to wait and find out tomorrow when he saw her do it with his own eyes. "Well, to answer your first question: I used animals. I simply found hazardous animals and tried to gather them in one place and keep them there. Once I did that, I practiced until I could do it on command. And sure, I can do the little one right now." Raine grabbed her right arm with her left and focused all of her energy there.
"There. Is that good enough for you?" Kakashi's eyes were wide open, for once, and Sasuke and Naruto were speechless. "Kakashi-sensei, isn't that the same technique that you and Sasuke can do?" Sakura asked. "Y-Yes. Yes, it is. Raine, that attack is called Chidori. I don't know how you discovered that one on your own. And the other one you talked about, well, I have never heard of anything like it. I guess I will just have to wait until tomorrow to see. Do you know how many of those you can do a day?" Raine thought for a moment, "I can do four, but if I did do the fourth one, I wouldn't be able to move or think at all. So I would say three." No way! She can do more than me! She must be bluffing! Sasuke would not let himself believe that this girl could be stronger than him. Raine seemed to notice everyone's discomfort, including her own. Why do they all look like that? I knew I shouldn't have told them about it. Now everyone here is going to treat me like they did at the other village. Raine looked up Kakashi. He was looking at her strange. She looked around at everyone else; they too had a strange look. Raine put her head back down to hid her face as she tried to hold back tears. Is it
fear? Why?! Why are they looking at me like that? Maybe I never should have come here. Even my father, Kakashi, is looking at me like that. "Ummm, I'm a bit tired, I think I should go." Raine turned around and ran back towards Kakashi's house.
Once everyone calmed down a bit and discussed Raine's "ability", they didn't really know what to think. Kakashi wanted to believe her, but thought that what she explained was impossible. Sasuke didn't want to believe, but believed that anything was possible. Sakura and Naruto both believed Raine, they didn't see a reason not to. "I think that you guys hurt Raine's feelings. I mean, she just ran off and stuff." Kakashi looked over at Sakura. "Oh no…that look she gave me. You guys go on home, I'll see you tomorrow." I've got to get home to check on her. I hope I didn't hurt her too bad. She told us how they treated her after they saw her attack, and then we pretty much did the same thing. Sakura and Naruto are right; there is no reason not to trust her. How could I have been so stupid?!-- "What was all of that about? Kakashi -sensei just left all of a sudden." Naruto and Sakura both looked at Sasuke. "Stupid. Didn't you hear what Raine told us?" Naruto asked. "Yeah, I was listening." "Well Sasuke, you must not have heard her tell us about how the people in the rogue village treated her after their discovery of her powers. We pretty much just did the same thing. She probably feels unwanted or something. I think Kakashi is going to find her," Sakura replied. Naruto started to run in the direction Kakashi and Raine left in, "I'm going to make sure everything is alright with Raine!" "Me too!" Sakura added as she ran behind Naruto. I guess I'll just go for a walk then. I don't really care what happens to her.
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I'm not going to leave. They just need a little time to understand me, right? I knew I shouldn't have said anything to them. I've been walking for a while and a storm is on its way. I hope I can find my way back through the woods. The wind started to blow a little harder, causing leaves to be ripped from the branches of the trees. Wow. The wind is really picking up. Next comes the rain. I can already smell it. I love walking in the rain, but not thunderstorms. I should probably start heading back. Who is that?
SASUKE'S POV
I didn't know that it was going to storm this quickly. I thought that I could at least get to the river and back. Who is that? Oh. Its Raine…I don't know how to act around her. She is so timid, and it looks like almost everything that I say hurts her feelings. I don't like to see girls cry. As a matter of fact, I hate it. I would do anything to stop a girl from crying. Well, I don't mind making Sakura or someone like her cry, but Raine is different…I should probably be nice. "Raine, what are you doing out here?" Raine tried not to look up into Sasuke's eyes. That was the first time he has ever said my name. It's kind of strange when you think about it… "I was taking a walk. I didn't know that the storm was going to be here so fast." Why won't she ever look at me when she talks to me? That gets on my nerves. "Raine, I'm not going to bite. Why won't you look at me? It really gets on my nerves." Raine looked up at him and blushed. Whenever I look at his eyes I can't look away. It's like they are slowly pulling me in or something. "I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to, I just…I just… I don't know…" God. She looks Hinata around Naruto. I wonder? Naaah. She's just really shy. "Kakashi and the others are probably worried about you. They are trying to find you right now." Raine looked back at Sasuke in surprise. Really?
That…that means a lot. Thanks, Sasuke. "I should probably get back then." Sasuke followed her a little ways back. I still can't see how she can be so shy, but wear those kinds of clothes… "Sorry about earlier. You just gave us a shock. Most people can't do the things you said you could." Raine kept walking for a ways before answering. "You don't believe me, do you?" "No, I don't."
Why do I feel like crying? I'm such a wimp. I cry over everything. Of course he doesn't believe me, or maybe he just doesn't want to believe me. "You know Sasuke, just because you're not the most powerful one in the group anymore doesn't mean that you can take out your jealousy on me." Was that a little too harsh? He is an arrogant bastard, but I'm sure he just wants someone's attention. Not having a family must be tough on him…. Sasuke looked shocked. A smart-ass comment like that was not what he expected from someone like Raine. "Hn. I was going to ask if you wanted me to walk you home again, but it seems I was turned down before I even bothered to waste my time." And with that, Sasuke was off. He jumped from tree branch to tree branch until he was out of sight. I didn't really mean what I said…I don't think that I am stronger than him. I was just trying to show him that he isn't the center of the world…and he was going to be nice. I guess I messed up. I should apologize to him next time I see him.
Raine slowly walked up to Kakashi's house, completely soaked. "Raine! Where have you been? Sasuke came by and said that he saw you in the woods, but that was a while ago! Come on in and change out of those clothes before you get sick. Remember, you have a big day tomorrow." Kakashi smiled a little as Raine entered the warm house. "Yeah, I remember."
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