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Kale's POV

"I'm heading out again Mom!" I called as I threw my robes on and closed the door.

"Try not to be late." She said.

I headed out into town, I was gonna go train, It's all I had bothered to do lately. Since Naruto and Sasuke had a month to train for their final bracket matches Sakura and I were stuck with nothing to do. I usually find someplace to meditate on my spells, Sakura usually sits around the hospital trying to visit Sasuke but rumor has it he snuck out.

Still I figured if I was going to look for Sakura the hospital would be the best place to start.

"Oh hello." I said passing Tenten as I walked through the gat of the hospital.

"Hi." She smiled.

"Is Sakura in there by any chance?" I asked.

"I didn't see her." Tenten shook her head before walking over and siting on a bench.

"So are you here visiting Lee?" I asked sitting with her.

"Yeah…" she sighed.

"I uh…heard the news." I sighed "How's he doing?"

"Not great." She shook her head more "The nurses say he keeps getting out of bed and exercising…They said he'll never be able to work as a ninja again but…he won't give up."

She was starting to look sad.

"Don't worry." I smiled "Lee is a strong guy he can defy this and come back better than ever."

"You think so?" Tenten asked.

"When I was watching that fight Kankuro told me Gaara had never been hit." I told her "But Lee pushed him to the very brink. If he can do that, I think he can do anything."

"Yeah…you're right." She smiled "Thanks…you're a pretty nice guy you know."

"Oh…" I blushed a bit "Thanks."

"Aw you're blushing." She teased "How cute."

"Knock it off." I grumbled getting off the bench "I'm going to meditate."

"Can I join you?" she asked.

"Huh?"

"I've got nothing to do so I'll tag along, Neji and Guy-Sensei are doing their own training right now and Lee is…yeah…so can I come with you." She asked.

"I guess." I shrugged.

Tenten followed me out to a field where I sat down in a meditative pose.

"I hear you meditate a lot." Tenten said sitting next to me "How come?"

"My family's always done this." I said "We're in tune with the naturel elements that flow in chakra, by combining them we can create an array of attacks and Jutsu."

"So…it's magic?" Tenten asked.

"To be fair Chakra itself is practically magic." I smirked "but yes I suppose you could say it's magic…they used to call my Great-Uncle a Warlock."

"Wait you don't mean…The Ninja Warlock is your relative."

"Warlock…I haven't been called that in a while." A voice said.

"W-Why are you here?" I asked standing up "Uncle?"

Behind us was an older man, probably around his mid to late fifties or so. He had an old face, was wearing blood red robes and a hood, carried a staff and had almost yellow eyes.

"I'm in town meeting with an old friend."

"This guy's one of the legendary ninjas." Tenten said "And he's right there."

"Do Mom and Dad know you're here?" I asked.

"Kael and Lina haven't seen me yet." he said "Although I'm sure I'll stop by…actually I think they'll be here soon."

"Of course they will." I said "Dad knows your presence he'll come here in a second."

"Uncle!"

"Speak of the devil." We both sighed.

Mom and Dad both arrived on the scene they didn't look pleased.

"I was just leaving." Great-Uncle said turning away "Don't mind me."

"Yes…It was a pleasure." Dad grumbled "Will you be stopping by for dinner?"

"I suppose." Uncle said warping away "Farwell for now."

"That guy was…" Tenten said stunned.

"He's incredibly powerful." I sighed "The strongest ninja in my clan."

"Hello." Mom said walking up to me and Tenten, her fiery orange hair blowing in the wind.

"Oh nice to meet you." Tenten smiled "I'm Tenten."

"Sweetie." Mom looked at me "Is this your girlfriend?"

"Shut up Mom!" I yelled "Of course not!"

"W-What?!" Tenten gasped "No we're just friends I mean we only met a few days ago and…No!"

"How adorable…and she's older than you two, my son aims high." Mom smiled.

"Shut up!" I groaned.

"Lina!" Dad called "Leave them alone, we should be getting home you too Kale."

"Yes Father." I nodded before turning to Tenten "Sorry I gotta go, but let's hang out again some time."

"Yeah." she smiled at me with a slight blush on her cheeks "Let's just keep your family out of hit yeah?"

I waved to Tenten as I followed Mom and Dad.

"She was blushing up a storm." Mom said "Are you sure she's not your girlfriend."

"Please shut up Mom!" I yelled.

Later

Dinner was…awkward. Dad and Uncle aren't on the best of terms, Mom and I just kinda sit there and try not to get caught between them.

"Why are you here?" Dad asked getting to the point as dinner winded down.

"You're an important ninja in this village Kael." Uncle said "You know why I'm here."

"That's what I was afraid of.' Dad frowned.

"That's not the only reason." Great-Uncle said "I'm here for the boy as well."

"Absolutely not!" Father stood up "I made it very clear I was in charge now."

"It's fine to be in charge." Uncle said "And I agreed, I called off the arranged marriage with the Hyuga girl like you asked."

"Are they talking about me?" I asked.

"Originally your father wasn't the clan head his Uncle Demnok was. Back when you were born you Great-Uncle arranged for you to marry the eventual second daughter of the Hyuga clan, but you father got it called off. You're father wanted you to make your own choices…the ones he never got to make himself."

"You and Dad had an arranged marriage?" I asked.

"Yes." She smiled "But, I still love your father, it just happened to be coincidence that it was arranged."

"I want to train the boy." Uncle said.

"What?!" Dad snapped.

"He has potential I haven't seen since myself." Uncle said "He could be a great Arcane Ninjutsu master."

"Kale hasn't even master the Ten Orb Spells." Dad said "He can't possible take on any more."

"Kael." Uncle said "You said you wanted the boy to make his own choices…so let him."

Dad sighed "You've got me in a snag…alright.

He looked at me "Do you want to train with your Great-Uncle, I'll warn you if you say yes it won't be easy."

I've been wanting to improve…Great-Uncle is one of the Great Ninja's of this village, he trained under the Third Hokage…if he says I can be great…

"I'll do it." I said "When do we start."

Uncle only smiled "Tomorrow."

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