Terekineshisu Shinobi
Chapter VI
Teamwork
Harry glanced at Saeria and Haku, worriedly. He wasn't worried for them per say, but was instead worried about why they kept on glancing conspirational looks at him and Chōjūrō. He turned to his fellow male, and asked, "Aren't you vaguely worried about what those two are talking about?"
Chōjūrō whispered back, "Yes... I am inclined to be rather fearful about girls."
"...If they start looking like evil banshees, every man for himself?" Harry offered.
"Agreed. And if they follow us, use extreme measures." Chōjūrō replied, nervously.
"Actually, I think they are simply trying to make you two nervous." intoned Zabuza, as he entered the clearing. He sat down next to the two boys, his sword, clanking against his back.
"Zabuza... Why are you so sweaty?"
"Well, Harry, I left Mei just after-"
"No more details... Just knowing that you two are getting it on, makes me want to vomit." Harry interrupted, cursing himself for even asking Zabuza that...
"What are you two talking about...?" asked Chōjūrō, to himself, so quietly, that neither Harry or Zabuza noticed.
"Harry-kun?" Haku called, and when Harry noticed Zabuza's questioning look, he simply shrugged.
"Yeah?" Harry answered, as he absently fiddled with Zangetsu.
"Saeria-sensei wants us three to spar between eachover, so, she can gain a gleam of our potential!" exclaimed Haku.
"...Cool. Come on Chōjūrō." Harry said, dismissively. He had expected this, to be honest.
When they all gathered around, Saeria stated, "So, Haku informed you of us sparring between each over."
"Yup." Harry answered, as he continued looking around disinterestedly.
"So, who wants to fight who?" She asked her students.
"I want to fight Harry." intoned Chōjūrō, in a rare calmness.
"So... No maiming or killing, but permission of jutsu is allowed, and condition for winning is to draw blood." Saeria stated, as she and Haku started to walk towards the right side of the two combatants. "Is that okay for everyone?"
"Sure/Yep." stated the two males.
"Hajime!"
Harry sprung towards Chōjūrō, as he held Zangetsu above the shorter boy. The teen, rolled out of the way, and slashed Hiramekarei at Harry's open side.
The teen saw through his junior's slash, and jumped over him, stating, "Push."
Chōjūrō was suddenly enveloped by green energy, and thrown into a tree. Harry jumped at the teen, but he managed to block Zangetsu's strike, and kicked Harry in the shin, forcing back the older teen, who was suddenly dodging swipes from Chōjūrō.
"Harry, I think it is time, you met Hiramekarei's ability," Chōjūrō called, "Hiramekarei Unleash: Twin Swords!"
Suddenly, Hiramekarei was enveloped with a blue light, and it's bandages disappeared. The sword was now, two. It was now two blades. Safe to say, Harry was momentarily shocked - which let Chōjūrō enough time to attempt to strike the distracted teen.
"Barrier." Harry intoned, as he recovered from his momentary surprise. A sudden wall of wood stood in front of Chōjūrō, which was predictably cut through, but let Harry have enough time to react.
The boy struck at his opponents, unguarded back, but made sure to cut Chōjūrō shallowly.
Saeria intervened before Chōjūrō attempted to continue, "And the winner is Harry!"
Harry let out his hand towards his junior, who graciously accepted, and deactivated Hiramekarei.
"Boys, you both did good, but Chōjūrō don't rely on Hiramekarei - it might be used against you, and you will have nothing. Harry, I am sure you had a few more tricks up your sleeve, but make sure that you don't leave yourself open like that - if Chōjūrō was faster, he could have beaten you."
The two acquiesced with nods. It was true, and they still had a lot to learn.
"Chōjūrō, are you up for a match against Haku?" Saeria asked.
The aforementioned girl walked up to Chōjūrō, and looked him over for about a minute before saying, "Saeria-sensei, he seems good. That cut was very shallow."
Saeria gave Harry an appreciative look - it wouldn't do if a teammate fatally hurt another, spar or not. The boy barely reacted - only a jerk of the head indicated that he had heard her. She said, "So, Haku, do you want to fight Chōjūrō?"
Haku nodded, a smile on her face. "Yes, Saeria-sensei!"
Saeria called, "Hajime!"
Chōjūrō held out the sealed Hiramekarei, and sprung at Haku, who was simply faster, which meant that she easily dodged, by sidestepping. Haku quickly drew a few senbon, and flung them at the boy.
The teen had quicker reactions then she expected - he jumped backwards, planted Hiramekarei in the ground, and loaded chakra into the sword, causing ruptures in the ground, making the girl momentarily lose her balance, and enabling him to jump to avoid the senbon.
Chōjūrō leapt at her, swinging Hiramekarei at her side. Pulling herself out of her imbalance, she jumped backwards, and called, "Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
Suddenly, ice mirrors spawned around the momentarily shocked teen, who muttered, "God dammit, bloodlines are overpowered..."
"Welcome to my mirrors, or otherwise known as: your defeat, Chōjūrō!" Haku exclaimed.
"Hiramekarei Unleash: Hammer!" Chōjūrō uttered, as the formerly bandaged sword, became a hammer, much to the shock of his opponent. He swung the massive hammer at the mirror, causing massive cracks to appear in the structure.
Haku got out of her stupefication, and set to work - she threw senbon at her opponent, hoping that he couldn't use the hammer fast.
The boy momentarily dropped the hammer, to jump out of the way of her senbon - which meant that he didn't have the strength to lift, and dodge... So she gathered her chakra, and unleashed a massive barrage of senbon, that Harry could only dodge if he used his powers.
"Hiramekarei Unleash: Longsword!" Chōjūrō stated, as the massive hammer became a smaller sword, but was still at least nearly two times the size of it's user. The teen momentarily grinned, and swung the massive contraption, causing a massive wind current to unleash at the barrage, which slowed them down - nearly two times.
It would've destroyed them normally, but Chōjūrō decided that it was enough slowness to let him jump out of the way - and he performed the action.
The senbon sailed passed him, and hit the ice mirrors, causing them to crack. He grinned, and jumped to Hiramekarei.
Haku jumped out of her mirrors, just as they collapsed, through the attacks of Chōjūrō and her... And let a icy wind to fly out of the mirrors. The action made her smile - Zabuza had taught her something about icy wind... Which was that she could use it to unleash wind techniques.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" She exclaimed, as a massive wind sailed through the clearing... And she added her own touch - ice spikes.
It seemed as if Chōjūrō had realized what was happening - as he used Hiramekarei's powers to deflect the ice spikes, and swerved out of the way.
He swung Hiramekarei at the girl, as soon as he saw her, which made her swerve out of the way and did something, that she felt would be a sure win... She separated Chōjūrō from Hiramekarei.
She kicked the massive sword, sending it five meters to the left, and jumped at her male opponent.
Just as Haku swung at Chōjūrō, the boy kicked her in the shin, faster then she could react, and unleashed his fist at her face, and she felt a trickle of blood trail down her nose.
"Chōjūrō wins!" Saeria called, just as Haku noticed her nose bleed.
"Haku, are you alright? I hope I didn't hurt you too bad." Chōjūrō said, nervously. He liked these people, and didn't want a friendship to end before it even blossomed!
She merely nodded, and Saeria walked with Harry behind her, and took Haku to the side to heal.
"Er... Hi, Harry?" Chōjūrō said, rather nervous at Harry's appraising look.
"...Chōjūrō. You did great out there. There are few, your age that can beat Haku." Harry stated, approvingly. He probably should've gotten angry at Chōjūrō, but it was a spar, and the boy didn't actually want her to be harmed.
Chōjūrō seemed surprised for a second then realized that Harry had praised him, and gained a happy look.
Harry smiled, which looked a bit weird on his face, but Chōjūrō let it go... Because he didn't judge.
"Now that the spars are out of the way, I want you three to tell me what you primarily use in a fight." Saeria said, as she and Haku came back with the latter perfectly fine, as if she hadn't been punched in the face.
"What do ya mean?" Haku asked, curiously.
"What you are good at, basically." Saeria responded, a smile on her face.
Harry asked, "Can I start?"
"Sure," Saeria answered.
"I am good with my telekinesis," He ignored Haku's mutter of: "Good... More like insanely good." and continued, "and I can use wood-related techniques. I am fairly good with a sword, and have no shinobi techniques."
Saeria fought the surprise that threatened to open on her face, and mused, 'How did this kid get in the bingo book with that repertoire? Then again, the Yondaime Hokage is the first SS rank shinobi in recorded history with a single very complicated seal, and a kunai.'
"Can I go next, Saeria-sensei?" asked Haku.
"Sure." She answered, smiling.
"I can use senbon, and know enough of the human anatomy to know where I can hit to kill someone. I have the Hyoton bloodline, and I can use Futon, and Suiton to boost my senbon, to make them more efficient... And that's it." She stated, shrugging at the end.
Saeria nodded thoughtfully, as she thought, 'She has a better arsenal then Harry, but it's obvious who would win between the two... Since he can easily counter her attacks.'
"Am I next?" Chōjūrō asked.
"Probably." Harry countered, bluntly.
"No need to be like that, Harry," She chided, "but, yes, Chōjūrō, it is your turn."
"I'm good with Hiramekarei, and I can channel chakra into her, so that she can do elemental jutsu. I also know a couple of ninjutsu, but they aren't battle ready yet." Chōjūrō said, a nervous smile on his face.
She nodded thoughtfully. 'I am pretty sure that he is pretty much dependant on that sword... Then again most swordsmen are.'
"Okay, guys and girls, I need to expand your arsenal, since I can think of many ways that someone could defeat you..." The jounin stated.
"Like test our affinities?" Harry asked, as he cracked his fingers.
"Yes... But I am pretty sure that Haku and Chōjūrō know their affinities." Saeria replied, as she started twirling her thumbs.
The two nodded, as if they expected the unasked question.
"Well, I am Wind, and Water."
"I'm Earth, and Wind."
"Well, I don't know my own affinity..." Harry said, frowning. It was a bit annoying to know that his two teammates were so much more advanced in the Shinobi Arts then him. It didn't help that he was pretty sure that without his telekinetic and wood powers, he would probably be one of those unremarkable Shinobi... And he didn't want to be unremarkable...
"Before I start on teaching you elemental techniques, I need to know your grasp on chakra control." She replied, as she pointed to the tree.
Harry momentarily grimaced, before he ran at the tree, managing about three steps, before blasting off the tree, his reflexes enabling him to strike out a hand, and jump backwards on his feet.
"So, you haven't mastered the Tree Walking exercise... When you get that down, with another chakra control exercise, I will let you discover your affinity." Saeria baited, as she basically said "Do as I say, and you will be rewarded".
Harry tuned out the rest of the conversation, focusing on the task before him. He closed his eyes, and reached out to his chakra/magic reserves, and attempted to channel the life energy to his feet. He succeeded, and ran at the tree, managing four steps before flying off the tree.
The boy continued this but as he did more tries, he realized what he was doing wrong. 'Too much chakra input in my feet... Then why do I feel like it's so small... Oh... I'm thinking about this wrong... Let's think of our chakra reserves like a small lake, with a precise bucket next to it...'
For the next hour or so, the teen focused himself on managing his chakra reserves... Which was a pain in the ass, if you asked him. It made him realize how much of a boon his power was, since it took Saeria apparently five hours to manage her chakra reserves.
Harry had quickly realized the reason why he could remain calm under many situations, was due to his telekinesis. Since he could control atoms to a certain extent, he could destroy, or make himself new atoms... But his range of destruction wasn't very good... Death had told Harry that he could destroy a whole country, of he put himself under immense effort.
He could re-engineer jutsu, by controlling the atoms in the jutsu... Since chakra also created unreliable atoms that would destroy themselves as soon as they hit their target. Apart from Genjutsu. which made someone leak unreliable cells into the brain, and induce visions. Luckily, due to his telekinesis, he was quasi-invulnerable to Genjutsu.
"Harry, I think you've gotten it already." Saeria stated, interrupting his thoughts.
The teen glanced down, and realized that he was ten feet above the ground, since he was on the tree. He jumped, and his chakra latched immediately on the tree, stopping him from the ground about three feet from the ground.
The impact hurt his feet, but he blatantly ignored it, to stare at the small ten inch creature that had latched onto his arm.
"What the hell are you?" He asked himself, not even expecting it to respond.
"I am a chakra elf." The little thing which looked like an elf answered, the elf-like creature sounding like a twelve year old girl.
"...Didn't expect you to answer." Harry said, as he got over his momentary shock.
"You're probably right in thinking that... Hey, what is your name?" The elf asked.
"My name is Harry... What's yours?" He replied.
"Mine's Kita!" Kita answered, as she grinned over at the teen, as she hugged his arm.
"And, why are you away from whoever looks after you?" The black-haired teen inquired.
"Er... I don't really have anybody to look after me..." Kita said, as she (somehow) shuffled nervously.
"Sorry, to interrupt this moment, but what are you doing attached to Harry?" Haku asked, curiously.
"Because I wanted to! His chakra feels like it needs love! And he's pretty good looking." The elf answered, truthfully.
"...You do know, that I'm here?" Harry interrupted, bluntly.
"Yes, I did."
"Just a thought... If you don't want to reveal something, don't say it aloud." Harry said, as he raised an eyebrow under his orange sunglasses.
"Well, I wanted you to know." Kita retorted.
"...You look cool with that armour." Harry complimented, after a few moments of silence as he looked her over.
"Thanks. Like my eyes?" She asked.
"I can't see them." Harry deadpanned. She was wearing a dark purple armour (similar to ANBU armour) with a cowl, which hid her entire face apart from her mouth, which at the moment was set in a wide grin.
"Do you want to see them?" Kita inquired, curiously.
"No."
That response seemed to stop her in her tracks, and she pouted. "You're not very nice..."
Harry shrugged.
"Hey, can I come with you on what, you're doing?" Kita asked.
"Don't know... It's Harry's call." Saeria stated, shrugging. Even if she was an enemy of the village, she was pretty sure of the fact, that the elf wouldn't be able to do much damage.
"Sure... Want to come on my shoulder?" Harry asked, the small elf.
"Yep!"
"Harry... Why are you taking off your clothes?" Saeria asked, since Haku wasn't in a state of saying anything... Poor thing, she was red-faced and stuttering...
The teen shrugged. "I'm wet... Anyway, I don't particularly like this trench-coat."
"I expected that... But where is your shirt?"
"I'm wet," Harry repeated. "It isn't very practical to have a t-shirt which sticks to you... And I hate sweating... Which is what wearing a shirt would cause that."
"...Okay."
Kita peeked out of the water, exclaiming, "There are so many things under here!"
"There should be... Mist's lakes are filled with jewels and stuff like that, because of the Ice Age that happened here about eight hundred years ago." Saeria explained to the elf.
"I wasn't talking about those... I meant the fish!"
"...Can I facepalm, or would that be a bad call?" Harry asked.
"You probably shouldn't." Saeria replied, as she leant against a nearby tree.
Harry ran out towards the water, managing a step... Then two... And then ten.
"You've done it, Harry!" Kita shouted, excitedly, as she suddenly teleported on the teen's head.
Harry nearly fell over, and held his ears. After a few minutes, he shook his head from all of the cobwebs, and said, wincing, "Don't shout right next to my ears, Kita..."
"Sure..." She said, suddenly much more quiet.
Harry walked back over to the shore, and asked, "Where the hell is Chōjūrō?"
Saeria shrugged unhelpfully. "How the heck do I know... Hopefully learning a Kenjutsu style with Zabuza..."
"And why the heck is Haku so red?" Harry inquired, as Kita bobbed her head in confusion much like the teen of which she was sitting on.
The jounin stared at her student, for about a minute, which slowly freaked out the elf.
"Why is she like that, Harry!?"
"People are only like that when they know something that you should know, but don't know." Harry replied, wisely as he sat down.
"Okay..." Kita replied, her eyes suddenly wide, as if graced with knowledge unattainable normally to her.
"Harry..." Saeria said, as she woke up from her stupefaction.
"What?"
"You're very dense for someone with a A-rank title on their name."
"It's in the blood." Zabuza said, as he suddenly appeared behind Saeria which caused the woman, (in a reflex, of course) to kick the poor man in the oranges.
A loud whimper was suddenly heard from the man, as he clutched his coconuts... And moaned, "That's the second time this day..."
AN: Wow, I have done a lot in this chapter... Hope you like the fight between Chōjūrō and Haku, since it was to demonstrate that despite the fact that Harry is stronger then his teammates, they still can kick ass, nearly as much as him.
Also, introduced a side-story with Kita the Elf! It will reference a lot of things from like LOTOR, and Skyrim... And Kita has a purple set of the Dark Brotherhood armour, basically, if you didn't notice. Her exact body description will be featured soon, since elves are pretty hard to describe with words (and my limited vocabulary).
Well, anyway, if you enjoyed be sure to review and stuff like that!