A/N: Hey everyone! Mixed reviews last chapter, but that's okay! I love hearing from you all as always! Also, edited chapters will now have titles to them, so that's exciting! Small things changed in the past chapters. Nothing too drastic! Also, thank you all so much for the TEN reviews! This chapter took me forever because I got frustrated with drawing the Kasai family tree. I literally DREW it! I wanted to get all of my info right, and not confuse y'all. Please feel free to ask questions. A lot of info in this chapter. Last, after this chapter I will be including the responses to reviews at the end of the chapter. Thank you again! P.S. The perfect song that describes Kabocha is "Monster" by Imagine Dragon! Give it a listen and let me know what y'all think. (;
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*Kabocha POV*
My body smacked the ground again...hard. My lip busting from the impact of my face hitting the ground. I felt a bruise blossoming on my face. The brutality issued during this training was far worse than even training with my bloodline trait. Uncle stood not even two feet from me with his arms crossed.
"On your feet, Kabocha." Uncle was unyielding, and even worse than father. I began to climb to my hands and and knees. My arms trembling from the strain. We had been at twelve hour training days for a week now, and I was still getting beat down at every turn. My old armor was now in place, and it was far too heavy to dodge any attack. Uncle was just using taijutsu because I'm sure if he'd use ninjutsu he'd kill me. I was praying to the dragons that he didn't know any genjutsu.
"May I ask a question?" I stumbled to my feet, wobbling dangerously. "You may." Uncle said impassively, his arms falling to his sides. I watched him closely as his muscles began to loosen up.
"I don't feel I'm learning anything. I don't know what you're trying to teach me." I told him beginning to get frustrated. "What do you want me to achieve?" Uncle shook his head at me furthering my anger.
"You've been letting me kick your ass up and down these sand dunes for a week, and your just now asking me what do I want you to achieve?" He chuckled slightly, and my irritation grew turned into a put out expression at him using a curse word, him cursing was like it snowing in a volcano.
"Can you answer my question, please?" I asked through gritted teeth. "I have no plans of removing that seal." My eyes widened at his nonchalant statement.
"What do you mean your not going to remove the seal!?" I screamed almost falling from the weight of the armor. "You can't leave me like th-"
"I most certainly can and will. You will learn control through breaking the ultimate seal. That is the strongest seal created by my father for your father. Your father was constantly losing control until the seal was created, and he was able tune into his power the most out of anyone that has the bloodline trait outside of Master Shi. I am trying to train you to be the best kunoichi of any generation. If you're unable to break the seal through controlled emotion then you will forever remain in this form." I felt like throwing up at the thought of never having my chakra back...never having that something that made me who I was.
"Fine." I grunted standing up straight from my slouched over position. "If you have to beat me within an inch of my life then so be it." Uncle outright laughed...which scared the shit out of me.
"Then so be it. Let us resume training." Uncle held up his hands and I swallowed thickly making a run for him without hesitation. I went for him with the intent to kill, but I guess my intent wasn't strong enough. The same thing happened every single time until I was laying in my bed...well...the ground late that night contemplating my numerous failures. Sleeping at the training grounds and washing in the spring were also a part of my training. I closed my eyes listening to the nocturnal animals of Konoha's forest. Technically, Lava territory, but I wouldn't bring that little detail up often.
I flinched awake not even five minutes later feeling the ground tremble. I knew it was some form of earth jutsu as I sprung up, but not fast enough considering my ankle was caught in a hole that closed up. I grit my teeth in pain at the crushing pain. The snapping sound that sounded in the night was followed by my scream. I could barely hear the disappointed voice speaking to me in the darkness. I couldn't see a damn thing, and my only focus was my broken ankle and more than likely crushed foot.
"Kabocha...if you want to break that seal you're going to have to be a lot faster than that. A lot more aware than that. A lot stronger than this." The voice practically hissed. I put my forehead on the ground feigning defeat. "If you're not willing to try harder than you're going to remain in that pathetic form. Tsuyoi isn't here to protect you anymore. I thought you outgrew him, but I can see I was wrong." My eyes snapped open at the mention of Tsuyoi.
*Flashback*
*Age six*
I smiled brightly at my older brother. He didn't know I was watching him and Itachi-san. He actually looked so happy just eating with him. I was supposed to be taking a nap with Sasuke, but I wanted to be with my big brother. We were visiting over at the Uchiha compound with father and momma. Shosha opted out of coming to follow around uncle Hikari. "Kabocha." I jumped high into the air at the sound of my name. Both Tsuyoi and Itachi-san were looking at me.
"I was hiding so well! How'd you find me Tsuyoi-nii!?" I opened the door all the way to see Itachi's amused face, and Tsuyoi giving me a small smile. "Maybe I should give you more lessons on stealth." He tugged one of my curls making me swat at his hand and miss.
"I think that would be wise." Itachi agreed looking a Tsuyoi. I tilted my head in confusion at the look he was giving Tsuyoi. I pursed my lips in thought, but let it go for now. "Why are you not sleeping, little one?" Itachi asked me and I bowed my head shyly at the older boy.
"I wanted to be with Tsu…" I mumbled looking at the floor. I felt a warm hand on my head. I looked up at the slight smile Itachi was giving me. "That's okay. I'm sure he wants to spend time with you too like Sasuke does with me. Isn't that right, Tsu."
"That's right, Itachi." Tsuyoi answered back. I blatantly stared at them as they looked at each other. I felt so much love in the warm, and quite frankly, it was making me warm on the inside. It was a look I had never seen two people give each other outside of momma and uncle Gorudo. It was an odd look, but at least they were smiling.
"I will go wake Sasuke. Please wait here for us." Itachi stood to his feet, his hand falling from my head as he walked away and slid the door closed. After watching him leave I turned to my loving older brother. "Tsu-nii…" I blinked up at him, and he looked down at me as he hummed his response.
"Why do people treat the Uchiha differently here?" My forever calm brother sighed, rubbing his chin in thought. "That's because they're different, and people fear what they don't understand." I scrunched up my nose in frustration.
"But why!? They're so nice, and fun to play with too! We're different, so do they not like us too." Tsuyoi immediately tried calming me down, so I wouldn't be shouting. He looked somewhat hurt at the thought of someone not liking us...or me.
"Did someone do something to you, Bo?" He questioned me with a serious face now. I shook my head in the negative. "People just tend to avoid me, and sometimes Sasuke. I also ran into a really nice boy last year, and everyone hates him...I just don't get it." I told him solemnly. I missed the hard look he gave me about the boy everyone hates. It didn't matter to me that everyone here hated him. Naruto was still great to me, and we hung out together often.
"You will have to introduce me to your friend sometime. Otherwise, Sasuke has Itachi as his backup, and guess what?" He prompted lifting my head up to look at him. "What?" I asked sniffling slightly.
"You have me. I will be here to protect you...always…"
*End Flashback*
I gripped the dirt as something thumped deep inside of me, each thump more painful than the last. Just for one moment my instincts had returned. I jumped for the figure in front of me, and judging by the body, the man went down hard in surprise.
"Very good." I blinked with wide eyes, looking down at my uncle Gorudo. He lay underneath me with a smile. I stood to me feet wincing at the intense pain in my ankle and foot, he climbed to his own feet looking somewhat proud. "We still have a lot of work to do, but that is what you should be feeling. The pulse to break free of that seal. Are you ready for round two?" Our gold eyes clashed as I bared my blunt teeth at him in determination.
"I'm ready."
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"It looks like you've completed the first week of your training. All three mental seals have been severed." Uncle explained while looking at my back. I furrowed my eyebrows at his statement.
"Three? What does that mean?" I questioned as he let me rewrap my chest bindings. He went over to retrieve my armor for more training today. "I'm sure you've seen the seal marking on your back, however, I made the mistake of not telling you the steps to breaking the seal and what the tendrils coming out of the dragon mean." Uncle sighed handing me the armor piece by piece.
This was the first day of the second week of training, and I thought I was getting somewhere, but apparently not. "The dragon on your back is the base of the seal, and it holds all of your chakra. There are nine tendrils coming out of the dragon. Three for the mind, three for the body, three for the heart or emotions, and three for the soul where half belongs to your bloodline trait. You have completed the mind training. Tsuyoi was your trigger for mind blocks, and you completed the training in the perfect amount of time. Each week of this month is to break three seals. Three weeks left to break nine more seals." I stared blankly at him. I had no idea that he was skilled enough to place such a intricate seal. I didn't really know anything about seals minus the fat that they were annoying.
"Now then, what do you think we'll be working on this week?" Uncle asked, I watched his body tense up putting me on edge. "Uhmm...heart?" I tilted my head and he outright laughed. The sound of his laughter foreign to my ears after two whole years without hearing it.
"Tsk, tsk. That would be a hard no, Kabocha. We're working from easy to hard. Your emotions will be last since you have the least control over them." I scowled at him, he was in too good of a mood. This was the happiest I had seen him since momma died. This week is dedicated to the body." Uncle flexed slightly, stretching and whole-heartedly scaring me. I never realized how much I depended on my bloodline trait. I swallowed thickly preparing for his first attack of the day.
"Sit." He said and I sat automatically. He took a seat in the grass across from me cross legged, I copied his movements. "Now, before I start beating you within an inch of your life. I need you to mediate for two whole days." My jaw dropped automatically.
"What!? What if I have to defecate or urinate!? I haven't even eaten today-" I stopped my rant at the blank look on my uncle's face, I just learned where my blank mask comes from…
"If you complain again I'm going to leave you here to figure out everything on your own." I sighed looking to the sky knowing he was serious. I motioned for him to continue, he nodded and stood to his feet. "Don't start yet, I shall return momentarily." He did his famous hand sign, disappearing and reappearing in a swirl of flames. My gaze widened at the sight of my old armor nice and polished.
"Now, I want you to wear this as you meditate, and you won't be starting in a lying down position. You will start just as you are, and I will be in and around the area." Now...I caught my tongue before the sass left my mouth, but I never realized how painful not saying what I wanted was.
"Okay," came my simple reply. He actually looked pleasantly surprised that I didn't complain. "Well, suit up." I changed swiftly into the old armor, I didn't fall to the ground as quickly as the first time I put the armor on. I sat heavily onto the ground, making a slight thump and giving a loud grunt.
"You're going above my expectations with your armor and training so far. Don't disappoint me." He gave me a ghost of a smile, disappearing once more in a swirl of flames. I took his last statement to heart, I didn't want to disappoint him when he was working so hard to train me.
I closed my eyes and began to focus. The two days being long, and without sleep. I felt my body become completely at peace, and enter REM sleep. My mind remained active, while my body shut down. I felt an inner peace for the first time in a long time.
I began to think about all of the jutsus and people I knew. I thought about my future goals for my village. My future relationship with Shikamaru, and who father would decide was a worthy husband since Sasuke no longer had a clan. My guess would be someone from the Hyuga clan because of their abilities, but his ties aren't thick with them. Also, the main branch did not have any sons. The closest to the main branch would be Neji, and father wouldn't stand for anyone less than future clan heir. Gin was also another possibility because of his battle prowess, and our children would carry the bloodline trait strong within them. Gin was a distant cousin in our family lineage. Our great grandfathers being brothers, our last names were only different because when his mother got married her last name changed. My thoughts were cut short by a sharp pain in my skull.
"Ouch!" I yelped rubbing the back of my head. I turned around to gaze at my lounging uncle, he was resting on a branch in the tree right behind me. I frowned taking in his sharp, scrutinizing gaze. "You've done well, Kabocha. I would like to check your seal before we start the next round of body training." He landed with the an agility that not even I possessed.
"Here." He handed me a container of onigiri, gyoza, scorpion, and one custard cornet. I almost completely missed the water he was handing me as well. I also appreciated the custard cornet filled with chocolate since he was keeping me on a strict diet this month. My body already showing the difference. The gyoza dumplings were also a surprise since I already had the onigiri and scorpion. I almost drooled at the sight and smell of the delicious food. I knew he ordered from my favorite restaurant in the Lava village just by looking at the mountain symbol on the cover. I stripped out of my armor and removed my mesh top, leaving me in my chest bindings from the waist up. I sat down crossed legged, sending a quick prayer to the dragons and then digging in.
I realized he had frozen while checking over my back. I paused in my eating to look over my shoulder at his face. "What's wrong uncle?" The surprised expression on his face turned into a blank one. "You must have really dug deep during your meditation. Two of your body seals are broken, as well as two of your emotional seals." I almost jumped up in excitement.
"Really?" I asked impassively, not wanting to trigger him into training me any harder than he already was. "Really. I'm glad to see you're not overly enthusiastic about this fact especially since you probably don't even know what broke those two emotional seals." I deflated internally, knowing I was correct to hide my enthusiasm.
"We'll touch on that last emotional seal during the last week. It will also give your entire being time to heal. Right now...we've got body training to do if you're going to carry your scythe sufficiently without your chakra." Just as the last word left his mouth, my scythe poofed into his hand. A blood red sword with a black hilt in his other hand. It was a beautiful blade. The hilt looked like it was customized for his hand alone.
"I apologize in advance. I know you just ate, but we've got work to do. This blade belonged to my grandfather, the very first to ever carry the dragon bloodline trait. I'm going to tell you a story while we get you used to your scythe again. The object of this lesson is to never let go of your weapon, and to never lose concentration." He said handing me the scythe, I grasped my gorgeous scythe with a broad grin having missed Aisuru Kaze. I grunted as Aisuru hit the ground with a loud thud.
"I see...you really aren't able to do much without that bloodline trait, huh?" Uncle sighed shaking his head. He flicked his wrist out with a practiced ease. I felt panic rise inside of me immediately at how seasoned he was with that sword.
"Prepare yourself...I don't plan to hold back for long." He came straight for me, swinging his blade down in a motion that would force me to use my scythe to block, but I couldn't even lift Aisuru up. The heavy armor was also an enormous disadvantage. I ducked to the left, tripping over my scythe but keeping my right ear in the process. After the blade came down a red swipe being seen following the blade, my widening at the second blade.
"What the hell is that…?" I whispered and the smirk touching uncle's face made me think twice about sitting on the ground. I rolled onto my feet, balancing on the balls of my feet waiting for his next move. He flicked the blade out by his side, it became alight by his side. I felt sweat bead up and fall down my neck.
"You're lucky you tripped. Do you know where your great grandfather is from?" He questioned twirling the blade and bouncing slightly before coming for me. I lifted Aisuru with all my might, the power of our blades connecting made me buckle, falling to my knees I grunted loudly.
"No." I said through gritted teeth. "That's to be expected. He was a missing nin from kirigakure. We have a direct relation to the sixth mizukage Mei Terumi, your great grandfather changed his name after defecting." I was surprised once again, surprised enough to not dodge his sword. It beared down into my shoulder. I cried out in agony as my skin and muscles were seared. I didn't move in fear of more damage. He sighed and withdrew making me cry out again.
"Give me two hundred push-ups." He sat down and waited expectantly. I internally cried at his brutality. I dropped down to do the push-ups. "She has both the boil and lava release kekkei genkais. He inherited the lava release, and later left the village because his ambitions didn't align with the village's plans. He wanted to tame and control tailed beasts." I paused in doing my push-ups to concentrate on his words. However, the main in my shoulder was hard to ignore.
"Keep going." He said nonchalantly, I grumbled at him continuing the push-ups. "During his quest for power he came across the first hokage, and the nine tailed fox demon. Your great grandfather lived for quite some time." Uncle chuckled thinking fondly of a man that was also my family, but I knew nothing of him. I actually wasn't aware of our family or village history. Everything we learned in school was basic academics and how to survive.
"Your great grandfather...whom your father is named after, was not only a powerful man but a smart man. His experimentations rivaled that of Orochimaru. He was able to extract chakra from the nine tailed fox, and fuse it with his own chakra. That fusion of nine tailed fox chakra, and the lava kekkei genkai created the dragon bloodline. Your great grandfather accidentally created the dragon bloodline trait. He was able to share this power with his two younger siblinngs, Ryo and Shi, but in a less potent form. Just so you aren't confused...Gin's great grandfather and grandfather are both named Ryo. Your great grandfather's oldest sibling, the current mizukage's grandfather, didn't join him when he defected unlike Ryo and Shi who followed after him." I flopped onto my stomach in shock.
"That's insane! That raw chakra should have killed him, burned him up even!" I shouted in astonishment. "Correct. It did end his life in the end because he could not control the bloodline trait he created. Your great grandmother Shai, whom was also from kirigakure, basically had to train him, and she became the first ever tamer and singer. The raw chakra burned him alive because of his lack of control, leaving your grandmother with two sons named Tsuyoi and Kaen, whom your brother was named after" I motioned for him to continue ignoring my push-ups for a moment.
"Tsuyoi then had your father and I. Shi didn't have any children, their youngest brother, Ryo, that would be Gin's great grandfather, whom his grandfather is named after had three children. He has two sons and a daughter named Amai whom you know is Gin and his younger sister, Ai's, mother." My eyes almost crossed at how fast he was going over our family tree. I wasn't at all surprised at his knowledge considering how good of a diplomat he was.
"Master Shi is incredibly old." Uncle shook his head in disbelief of my statement, a ghost of a smile touching his face. "True. Master is also the one who discovered the volcano that was named after him, and the dragons that reside there. He was the very first to endure their training, and went on to implement the Shi volcano training for all future bloodline trait carriers. My uncle, Kaen, was actually the first to truly establish the village. However, since he could not have children he could not bare an heir, so my father Tsuyoi was made the leader of the lava village. There may be only nine who carry the bloodline trait, but our village is growing rapidly in size because of the amount of civilians and ninja we accept. " I blatantly stared at him, processing all of the information I received about our family.
"Well, that's shitty just because he couldn't bare an heir he couldn't be the new lord." I pursed my lips in disagreement. That was the most prominent piece of information that stood out to me. I was already aware of the fact that our village was the number destination for missing nin and refugees. "It's the way things were and still are."
"So if father couldn't have children you would be ruler, right?" I watched his entire body stiffen up. "Right…" He was one level above whispering, his entire demeanor had changed. I squinted my eyes and studied him. He looked incredibly flighty, he was on his feet in the blink of an eye.
"Time to get back to training." He said suddenly. "Wait! I have so many more questions! What is momma's heritage like? What the hell is up with your swo-"
"That's enough for now. We've got work to do." I almost screamed when he lunged for me. Flighty indeed…
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"You continue to amaze me." Uncle told me as I shoved my face full of scorpions. He was going over again since today was the beginning of the third week. "You have two emotional seals, and three soul seals. We'll be working on soul seals this week. I've already prepared the training regiment. Meet at these coordinates after you're done eating." He slipped me a thin piece of paper, I took it going over it a few times to memorize it. He disappeared again in a swirl of flames to our next training location.
He didn't bring me any desert this time which I wasn't too upset about. The last time I ate it I received a stomach ache in return since my diet was strict my system wanted to rid itself of the overly sweet desert. I sipped the last of my water, standing to my feet and stretching in my minimal amount of clothing. I wore a sleeveless crop top, the smallest mesh shorts I owned, and standard shinobi shoes. We had been in the desert near the castle for the last two days. The unrelenting sun made me strip away all of my clothing. A few new and old scars could be seen on my tan skin.
I took off in the direction of Konoha thinking again about the sword that he didn't really want to explain to me. My thoughts came to a halt as I saw unnatural lightning light up the sky somewhere to the left of me . I stopped dead in my tracks and changed directions. Uncle could wait a moment. I landed on a branch in shock, not even making it to the destination I set off for, coming my way was Gaara of the desert. I stood to my feet immediately, not wanting to be relaxed when he could very well attack me.
"What're you doing out here?" I asked quickly as he landed on the same branch as me. He was barely three paces away from me. I was a little thrown off by his familiarity. "They did something to you." Gaara rasped ignoring my question. I could tell that the Shukaku was stirring judging by his quick switch of emotions. One moment he was assessing me, and now he was leering at my barely clothed form.
"Correct." I answered back curtly, a low growl rumbled in his chest. I felt a sharp, painful thump in my chest at the sound of his growl. Just for a quick moment I could hear his heartbeat as well as smell his annoyance. His eyes were now fixed on the scar on my shoulder.
"What has happened to you?" I wasn't really sure who he wa asking at this point. "A seal was placed on me…" I whispered as he took a step forward, and I made the mistake of taking a step back. I wasn't afraid...I was terrified without my chakra at least.
"Tell me something...Gaara…" He perked up as his name slid out of my mouth. He tilted his head at me in a way that I found too cute, his eyes moving between the scar on my shoulder, and the scar peeking out from under my top. I ignored the throbbing in my chest as much as possible. The pain was worse now that he was closer.
"Do you know what pain feels like?" His eyes snapped to my own, but I didn't back down this time for fear of appearing weak. "Pain?" He questioned the word with a vacant expression.
"Yeah...the kind of pain that causes scars...like mine." I took a step towards him this time, and he took one back. I smirked internally as his vacant, questioning expression shifted to an angry one. I also found what he was terrified of...emotions.
"I cause people pain, pain is not something I feel or have felt. People need to feel pain...killed so I can prove my existence." My insides violently cringed at his explanation. That's not what I was expecting at all, but he was a jinchuriki with an awful childhood. It made me wish I had met him sooner like Naruto…
"No...we all know you exist Gaara...I can even touch you right now regardless of what your sand will do to stop me. My scars don't prove anything except what I have endured, and neither does you hurting or killing someone. You're not killing anyone and I know you exist, Gaara…" I made a move to touch him, watching his eyes widen in the process. He raised his hand, grabbing my wrist in a bruising grip. His eyes became wide and wild, his breathing became labored.
"I'm going to prove my existence...I can smell you're different, so you will be powerless against me."
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Kabocha wasn't startled by his statement this time. She was prepared as soon as she decided to take that step towards him, she knew what she was getting herself into. Heads for death, and tails for...a friend...an understanding. That is why when the sand crashed into her, she was ready for the impact. She didn't feel the full effects of the sand because of one raven haired teenager.
Sasuke Uchiha landed nimbly on a branch far from Gaara of the desert, but not far enough away where the two couldn't see each other. Kabocha's bloody, unconscious form lay limply in his arms. Gaara was actually a little stunned at his speed, and that only proved to anger him more.
"I think I've let this go on long enough." Gorudo said from above the two teenagers. No one had sensed him around, even now his entire being was cloaked in a disturbing red. The sword he had used during training ready in his left hand. The usually quiet, reserved man looked downright menacing. Neither teen would allow themselves to shy away especially not Gaara.
"I suggest you leave...Gaara no Sabaku." It wasn't a suggestion, it was a command. Gaara snarled loudly up at him. Gorudo spun the sword skillfully, full prepared to take down the sand jinchuriki. He was actually a man of great patience, and refined skill that he never shows, but this...boy had hurt his daughter. He felt at fault considering he wanted her to see him to break the soul seals, and now she was hurt because of him.
"Well, now this is a fine mess." All three conscious pair of eyes turned to look at the silver haired jounin by Sasuke's side. "Kakashi-sensei…" Sasuke almost sighed in relief at the sight of his teacher. Maybe he could aide Gorudo, or stop the bloodbath all together.
Gaara felt cornered...and a cornered Gaara was a bad Gaara. He felt he same way when he visited Rock Lee in his hospital room to kill him, and the shadow boy she was so fond of had shown up with that annoying, orange clad idiot. He had easily made his decision…
"I will be back for her...and you…" Gaara rasped looking directly at Sasuke before disappearing in sand. Gorudo watched him go with hate filled eyes, out of all the people her bloodline trait could have chosen to make her stronger...it had to be him. Gorudo jumped down and over to a branch across from Sasuke and Kakashi.
"It seems I only see you under the most dire of circumstances." Flashes of the chunin preliminaries, Kiriena's funeral, and the mass Uchiha funeral hit Kakashi at Gorudo's observation of their meetings.
"You're not wrong there. Speaking of the chunin exams, if you don't mind me asking, what is going on with princess Kabocha or general Kabocha?" Kakashi asked and Gorudo analyzed him hard enough to make Kakashi internally uncomfortable. Sasuke just looked downright angry with Gorudo.
"Princess Kabocha to village outsiders. What happened in the chunin exams is a part of our village's secrets. I apologize that you two had to get involved in her training just now." Kakashi's one visible eye widened at his apology. Why would he send his niece out looking for that red haired sand kid. Sasuke's angry look morphed into one of complete fury.
"I know you've seen what he did to Rock Lee! Why would-"
"I don't have time for this. She's bleeding profusely, and I have to teleport us back home. Put her in my arms, boy." Gorudo cut Sasuke off with a menacing look of his own. He needed to hurry and check the damage of her arm, and take her to Master Shi.
"You're not taking her anywhere! She looks different because of you! She's hurt because of you!" Sasuke bellowed out, tightening his hold making Kabocha whimper in pain.
"Sasuke…" Kakashi began to scold his student, but froze at the dark look that passed over Gorudo's face. "I don't want to snatch her from you because that will further her injuries. However, if you do not place her in my arms I will be taking her and your arms with me, Sasuke Uchiha." Gorudo had lost all patience as soon as Kabocha whimpered. He didn't like Sasuke to begin with because of his attachment to Kabocha, and he was from the very clan he loathed.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi warned him in a uncharacteristically loud volume...well uncharacterized for Kakashi. He knew the man in front of him was not joking. Sasuke glared heatedly up at the angry brunette. He gently placed Kabocha in his arms, glaring the entire time. Gorudo took her, unfazed by Sasuke's anger.
Gorudo took a step back from them and was engulfed by his famous swirling flames. Both Kakashi and Sasuke felt the heat as he vanished leaving embers floating in the air.
"Let's go Sasuke. We still have work to do." Kakashi said glancing at his furious student. "But he-!"
"No buts Sasuke. What they do is none of our business. Now, let's go unless you want to be done for today." Kakashi said sternly, and took off. Sasuke followed after his sensei, not even bothering to answer. He would see her at the next round, and then he would get answers to his questions.
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Hey everyone another early update for y'all. Your all too kind to me, and I just want you all to know that I appreciate every single one of you! See you all in two weeks...maybe sooner. (;