Morning came quicker than usual as the sun beamed onto Kakamei's eyes. When he opened his eyes he had to take in the entire situation that was in:
He had woken up looking up into the sun
He wasn't sleeping on the ground but drifting on something rather hard
He had a massive headache
He had fought someone yesterday that had completely overwhelmed him
With this he moved himself to sit up and looked at his surroundings. It didn't look like much when he looked at his surroundings he noticed that it was the same place he had fought that woman yesterdar. The bridge that he had arrived to before he was attacked was now filled with villagers. Kakamei jumped up into the air and looked down on the log that he had been riding and sighed.
"You have to be kidding me." He said as he landed on the log again and tried to jump away before he could land on the bridge a hand reached out and smacked him in the face and sent him flying back into the water.
After a few seconds of being under water Kakaei emerged to the woman that he had fought yesterday, who was standing in front of him with a smile. Now that he wasn't fighting for his life he was able to see this woman for what she was. She had long, straight, blonde, hair bound with taut bandages, dark eyes and she wore red lipstick. She wore a short-sleeved black and purple blouse and black pants, both of which had a design similar to clouds on them, purple fingerless gloves and a chain of blue beads wound around her left hand. She also wore the standard Kumogakure forehead protector, sandals and a kunai holster, which was strapped to her right thigh. She also wore bandages around her arms and legs as well as a red belt around her waist.
'She's actually good looking. It's surprising that she beat me so bad last night.' Kakamei thought as he looked up to her. She had a huge smile and reached out her hand.
"My name is Yugito Nii. I'm the Two-Tailed Jinchuriki of the Village Hidden in the Cluds." She said calmly. Kakamei looked at her suspiciously before grabbing her hand and got pulled up.
"Thank you. My name is Kakamei Daichiki but I think you know that. You requested me to come to the village to meet with me. I didn't think that you would automatically come and fight me." Kakamei said as she pulled him out of the water and put him back onto the log that he had been sleeping on.
When Kakamei was able to stand up by himself he looked up at the woman with a serious face as she simply smiled and looked down on him.
"So, why did you go out of your way to get me from the Village Hidden in the Leaf? I was pulled from the Chunin Exams and was forced to make a nonstop trip to meet you. For what reason?" Kakamei asked. The woman looked at him for a few moments of disappointment before picking her smile back up. Kakamei took note of this facial expression before leaving it alone for the moment and watched as she answered.
"I wanted to see what the last member of Daichiki clan was made of. Now that I see you, you're much more underwhelming than what I expected." She said. Kakamei looked at her in annoyance as she smiled and waved her hand.
"What is that supposed to mean? And how are you connected with the Daichikis?" Kakamei asked. Yugito waved her hand.
"You're asking a lot of questions for someone who could be a political prisoner by the Hidden Cloud Village. But, I'll answer one and then if you satisfy me then I'll answer any question that you have." She said as Kakamei nodded.
"I called you here becuase I wanted to know what kind of strength that you possesed but now I've noticed that you were anything more than someone with wasted potential. For the five days that you have in the village I'll be training you." Yugito said,which caught Kakamei off guard.
"You want to train me? I didn't know the reason why I came here but for something like this didn't even cross my mind." Kakamei said as he looked at him with a weaker smile than she had before and nodded.
"Well, that's what it is. For now, you'll be my pupil. Within the next four days I'm going to teach you how to control your chakra well enough to use your Scorch Release more consistently and more quickly applicated." She stated. Kakamei looked at her with a look of childly disbelief. Yugito smiled at this and nodded and started to walk around him and talk to him about his faults.
"Look, even though you were able to use it when you fought me yesterday I was able to see all of your shortcomings. They were so obvious by the way you fought and composde yourself during the fight that I was able to tell that you depend on your physical ability to pick up the slack that you leave behind by your lack of chakra control. Even though you have massive amounts of chakra you have no way to tap into that reservoir and because of that you might not be able to fight to yourself and might even lose your life." She said as she stopped walking around Kakamei and pushed on the log he was walking on and made him drop into the water.
Kakmei swam to the top of the water and looked up at the woman with annoyance as he was growing tired that he was being thrown into the water repeatedly. Yugito kicked up the log up into the air and sliced it into a cane and used it to tap her foot.
"You seem very observant so I think you noticed that I'm standing on water." She said as Kakamei looked at her feet and the ripples of water that came from her feet. Kakamei looked at them in thought. She picked her feet up and showed him the chakra that was pushing from his feet.
"Since you already know how to walk on the side of trees and rock surfaces but now you're going to learn the ultimate chakra control practice. When you are standing on water it's different because you have to focus on changing the amount of chakra every moment to the surface on the water. With this you can start your way to using your Kekkei Genkai." She said. Kakamei looked up at her with a look of surprise and interest as swam to one of the rocks while Yugito smiled and walked after him.
When he made it to the rock he walked onto it and concentrated for a few seconds before trying to take a step into the water. Instead of instantly following his new teacher's lead he not only fell into the water but a column of water flew into the sky as he fell in. Yugito smiled and waited for him to come up from the water. When he came up from the water he spit out a stream of water from of his mouth.
"If you use too much chakra then that'll happen but if you don't use enough chakra then you'll fall into the water. This'll help you gauge the amount of chakra to use in your jutsu." She said as Kakamei walked up the rock and started to walk again.
HOURS LATER
Three hours later the sun was now as hot as it was going to get throughout the day and the trainer and student were still standing outside and anticipating every single time Kakmaei took a step out onto the water, waiting for the right chance for him to touch the water and not sink.
Once again he stepped out onto the water and another column of water flew out and he sunk into the water. Kakamei became angry that he wasn't able to get it and jumped back onto the water and punched the air. Yugito smiled and raised her hands at him and sat down on the top of the water.
"Listen, if you get too riled up then you won't be able to concentrate and that won't get you anywhere. Calm yourself down and then try again," She advised. Kakamei looked at her with an angry face before groaning out loud and then went back to concentrating.
This time Kakamei concentrated at the movements of the water and how fast it moved he took a step out onto the water, only one foot. The foot that he stepped out was able to stay above the water without sinking. This made Yugito anticipate what the next step was going to turn out like.
When he stepped out and put his feet to the water he tried to balance himself and for a few seconds he managed to do just that. He stood on top of the water and looked at the calm water below him and smiled. He looked over to see Yugito's reaction. He expected to see her standing there with a huge grin on her face, happy to see that her rushed student was somewhat of a prodigy for being able to do something like learn how ot control his chakra so quickly. Instead Kakamei watched as she shook her head.
"Master! I did it! You should be happy that I was able ot master this fast. I thought it would take atleast all five days before I was able to get the basics!" Kakamei yelled at the woman. Yugito looked at him in disappoint at what he was doing and walked so that he was in arms reach and puched him. This confused him because he hadn't been expecting her to do this but instead of just being pushed back he sunk into the water.
The water's surface became wild and rough as Kakamei swam up to the surface to see the woman standing over him. He jumped out of the water and landed on the side of the rock. Instead of saying something the woman kicked Kakmaei off of the rock and flying across the water until he sunk into the water and popping back out. This angered the boy to the point of yelling.
"Master Yugito! What the hell was that?! I thought you would be happy!" He yelled at her. Yugito jumped from her point of being in front of the rock to being in front of him. Kakamei was now in the midpoint of the water, between the rock and the bridge.
"You now won't be allowed to stand on the rock as a starting point." She said calmly.
"Why not!?"
"Becuase you're getting complacent. When you were standing on the water just onwo you weren't changing your chakra to the water, the water was still for a few seconds so you managed to keep a steady chakra flow without changing it."
Kakamei thought for a second before sighing and trying to jump out of the water but before he could the woman chopped him on his shoulder, plunging him back into the water.
"Now, you won't be able to jump out of the water. The only way you'll be able to get out of the water is by climbing out of the water while disrupting the flow by moving. By completing this you will be able to move on to the next part of your training." She said calmly. Kakamei looked at her angrily before trying to get put his hand on the water to pull his hand up but when his fingers and arm movements disrupted the water Kakamei couldn't get the chakra amount right for the first touch and hsi hand pushed right through the water's top and splashed into his face. Yugito smiled at this and jumped back a few meters before sitting back down on the water's surface and waiting for Kakamei's next break through.
HOURS LATER
After houes and hours of trying to [ush himself out of the water with his hand and failing Kakamei had grown tired and hubgry. Not only had he not been able to leave the water but not promitited to eat during his training until he was able to get a hang of the water walking technique.
It had grown dark and Kakamei was ready to turn in for the night and get back to the grinding stone tomorrow but instead of sharing the same sentiment Yugito shook her hadn and pointed at the rising moon.
"You don't get to eat, sleep, or rest until you have mastered the water chakra technique. What happened to the self proclaimed prodigy from earlier? A prodigy that can't comprehend the technique used for something likw this then you won't ever be able to master your Kekkei Genkai! Get your act together so we can move on." She yelled. Kakamei jumped at this and continued to focus and try to claw his way out of the water time and time again.
HOURS LATER
When the moon had gone back into it's rest and the sun was making its way back into the sky the light of the morning showed something that was a much better scene than what was shown at night. Now, Kakamei was standing on top of the water and thinking about how hungry he was and the hurt in his arms.
Yugito watched him with a smile on her face. She jumoed to her feet and wlaked to him, making the boy slightly jittry, knowing that she was going to try something. When she was standing in front of him Kakamei flinched backwards slightly. The toothy grin on Yugito's face stayed as she started to speak.
"Alright. The first part of your training is complete, although it was a little rushed, but you managed to survive. To be honest, I thought you would pass out or give up because of not being able to eat but you managed to pass. Congratulations." She said with eagerness in her voice. Kakamei looked at her with extreme happiness and jumped into the air.
"LET'S GO! I CAN WALK ON WATER!" He yelled into the morning sky. Yugito smiled and turned to walk away, waiting for Kakamei to follow along. This didn't happen though. While he was falling from his happy jump he closed his eyes and passed out, falling towards the water. Before he was able to hit the surface of the water a huge tail-like wave of chakra came from Yugito's back and caught the Daichiki boy. She continued to walk away as the boy floated behind her.
"Welp, that's one day down. The next trial he has to overcome should be much tougher… but who knows? Maybe he'll pass that one with flying colors too." She said to herself as she jumped onto the bridge and hopped onto the large rocks that were popping out of the water.
SIX HOURS LATER
Six hours passed before Kakamei woke up. He sat up on the hard bed that he had been lying on, which was only a flat rock with a blanket convering him. He was surrounded by nothing but the sight of black. There was no light and there was no sound other than the trickling of water in the distance. He had a huge headache that made him want to throw up all over the place.
"Where am I now? And where's Master Yugito?" He asked himself, which made him wince in pain from his headache, which brought his attention to his stomach, he was starving. He hadn't eaten anything since he started the devilish training that he had started. His stomach rumbled loud enough to make him embarrassed if he were in a room full of people.
"Well, there's not much I can do right now. I don't know where anything that I own is and it's so dark in here I don't know if I'm going outside or what. Now that I think about it… am I in a cave?" He thought aloud. Kakamei tried to walk around and find a way out of here but after only taking a few seconds he hit his foot on something hard. He fell down in a ball and gripped his toes. They were throbbing from the pain when he heard the footsteps of someone walking towards him. Kakamei went to jump up, but before he could the light from a fire came up out of nowhere and his ridiculous position was shown. He was sitting on the ground, holding his foot with a hand on his mouth, which was probably keeping him from screaming.
After a few seconds of shock Kakamei jumped up from his lying position on the ground to standing sraight up and looking at the person who had lit the fire, who was no less than his sensei. She was standing in front of him with a smirk on her face. She was holding bags in her hands. They were paper bags with different vegetables and meats, waiting to be cooked. Kakamei looked at these and jumped to grab one but when he reached his hand out Yugito's foot raised from her side and kicked downwards onto Kakamei's head and forced his face right into the ground. Kakamei jumped up and grabbed his head, groaning.
"Sensei! Why'd you do that?!" He asked loudly. Yugito shook her head.
"You have to be kidding me. I don't get a hello or a thank you? You just grab for the food when you see me." She said angrily. Kakamei gripped his head and stood up straight and bowed.
"Hello sensei! I would also like to thank you for helping me to… wherever we are!" Kakaemi said as he stayed bowed. Yugito chuckled and handed the bags forward.
"Here. Take these bags. There's food and clothes in here. Change out of those clothes or you'll start to stink from the water in them." She said. Kakamei's head shot up and he grabbed the food out of her hands and started to seperate the food so he could see what he could cook. When he found the clothes that he was supposed to wear he went back into the darkness and changed.
Yugito smiled as the kid walked back out in the new clothes that he was supposed to wear, which was only a pair of pants that were fitted for him and a pair of shoes that were all black. Kakamei's face was straight as he walked out of the darkness. His eyes were low as he walked into the ligth of his master, who was wearing her usual smile.
"You have to be kidding me." Kakamei said as Yugito chuckled and shook her head.
"It's for easier mobility while you're training. You'll be able to move faster and more freely." She said/ Kakamei shook his head and started pushing his hands through his hair.
"Whatever. Let's eat. I'm starving." Kakamei said. Yugito nodded and put her index and middle finger up sharply and summoned a small, fierce fire. She flicked her hand around the room, sending fire around and sparking matches that were all around the room. The dark room that they were in lit up like the morning. Kakamei's eyes followed her hand, taking in the scene around him.
The room was very simple. There was only a stove, a bed that was made of rock, counter that was also made of a different type of rick that he had seeen before, and about seven or eight torches that were around the room that were crackling at the moment. Kakamei looked at the room and smiled before shaking his head.
"Should we start tacooking?" Kakamei asked. Yugito nodded and picked up the food and started to think of things to cook. Kakamei watched her from the back before passing her and walking towards the entrance of the cave.
When he made it to the outside he saw a vew of the village that was beautiful. They were high enough off the surface of the water to see everything in the village. Kakamei looked down as the lights off the water made a radiant shine on the rest of the village. He could see the people of the village all walking on the water and moving as if it were regualr business. Kakamei was amazed at the view but he was also confused about why they were so high, and far away from the village. He walked back into the building and stood behind his teacher as she was standing in front of the counter and chopped the vegetables and layed the meat out. Kakakmei walked over to see a pot filled with water, that he didn't know where he pulled it out of or where the water had come from. He walked to the other side of the counter and smiled.
"Yugito-sensei, do you like living up here?" Kakamei asked. Yugito continued to chop the vegetables as she answered.
"Yes, from what you just saw, the view is beautiful and with it I'm able to see everything in the village, in case of an emergency." She said. Kakamei looked at her for a few seconds as she finnshed chopping an onion and threw it into the water.
"But, you could live in the village below. You could interact iwth the people down there. The people who you're watchig over." Kakamei said calmly. Yugito smiled and shook her head as she finished up with the last vegetable and started on the meat.
"From what I was told, you were here to do spying on the village but you don't seem to know anything." She said nonchalantly. Kakamei's face went pale as he thought of what to do next.
'What should I do?! They told me that I was supposed to discreetly find things out about the village and now they know all about what I'm doing here. What should I do?!' He yelled in his mind. Without even having to look uop from her cutting Yugito could laready tell what was going on his mind.
"You're really an ameatuer. I thought you would be some kid who was a prodigy in every aspect of the word. But, it seems like you really are an inexperienced kid with a strong kekkei genkai." Yugito said. Kakamei reached down to grab a kunai but realized he had forgotten to put it on his new pants. He was now weaponless and standing in front of a woman who was leagues above him.
'Ahhh fuck. I don't have any kunai. She's stronger than me with way more experience. If I'm going to make it out of here then I'm going to have to out think this woman. Even that I won't be able to do.' Kakamei thought, formulating a plan. Yugito reached her hand below what Kakamei could see and before Kakamei could make a single move she had already moved her hand to the top of the counter, with a kunai pressed again the surface of the counter.
"If you're looking for a kunai to fight me then fine, here's one right here." She said as she tossed it at him. Kakamei caught it and looked at it for a few seconds before looking up at her as she put the meat and put the chopped meat into the water, which was now covered in different types of vegetables and meat. She covered the pot with a lid, which once again, Kakamei didn't see her pull out of anywhere. She turned her attention to Kakamei with a smirk.
"Look, we guessed that you were gonna come here to spy. Don't worry. If we were worried about you getting any important information about the village then we would have killed all of you before you made it close to the village." She said. Kakamei looked at her and the back down at the kunai before nodding.
"Then why did you let me into your village? If you knew I was a spy?" He asked.
"Like I said, you're not a threat when it comes to information leakage. Besides, with a Kekkei Genkai as powerful as that we want to try to persuade you to come to our village." Kakamei looked at her for a few seconds, with every second making his face become more and more anger filled.
"I'll never leave Konoha!" He said proudly. The woman smiled and leaned onto the counter and looked down on him.
"I figured as much. A kid, who's as naive as you, wouldn't want to leave his village." She said. Kakamei grunted.
"I'm not naive. I just don't want to leave the security of the Leaf to come to the Village Hidden in the Clouds. I've heard the stories of how you are always power hungry and trying to find some type of way to overpower the other villages. You even have to jinchurikis. That's more than any other village." Kakamei pointed out. Yugito nodded and sighed.
"Yep, the views of the village are always to gain more power through any means. We atre transparent with out flaws. Unlike the Leaf that you follow. They have their own secrets that they would never alloweven their own citizens to know of." She mentioned.
"Yes, but that's for the sake of the villagers. It's the burden of the ninja to take all of those secrets." Kakamei said. Yugito chuckled at his answer.
"That's very mature of you to ssay. But there's a difference between being able to say something so deep and being able to carry those burdens." Yugito said. Kakamei smiled and closed his eyes.
"If you have nothing other than your life to lose then there isn't much holding you back from saying them and doing it is there?" Kakamei asked. Yugito frowned and shook her head.
"With only your life to lose? You should cherish your life above anything else on the planet. You only get one. Don't waste it on your unreasonable ways of thinking as to what a shinobi should have to do for villagers to live quietly." Yugito said with a slight more urgency in her voice tan what she usually did, which made Kakamei smile..
'She's sensitive about the prospect of death. Has she lost her family or has she simply lost ninja comrades from protecting the people of the village? I don't want to push too far. She is my teacher after all.' Kakmaei thought. The silence that she had invoked made Yugito uneasy, making her switch the concept of the conversation slightly.
"You're only a genin who's only now leaving the village. What do you know of things that the shinobi have to suffer?" She asked. Kakamei scrunched his face.
"I know all about the exterminations of hundreds of ninja, destroying of clans, smaller ninja villages with smaller influence being completely silenced and wiped off the face of the planet. I know because I have read about and witnessed it myself." Kakamei said strongly. Yugito looked at her student with a slight look of disappointment before shaking her head.
"Something you've grown into." She said. Kakamei looked at her blankly for a few momrnts before changing his attention to the pot of food.
"Shouldn't be too long before it's ready now. I hope it tastes as good as it looks." Kakamei joked. Yugito seemed to ignore the commment for a few seconds before turning to the pot with her usual smile.
"I make this meal all the time. It's really good." She said. Kakamei rolled his eyes and smiled back at her.
"I hope so."
