Welcome to another Chapter. If you have made it this far, then I assume you are not bored with this story. I need to set up some more stuff but the story will start to pick up a bit starting soon. The time for training starts soon. Will Renka be able to finally train up and become a worthy Shinobi? Read on my fateful readers.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this story. I only own the plot.

Warning: Strong sexual content and a bit of harassment are in this chapter. Some mild language as well.

Chapter 6: Training With Kat

Kat took off the peel away top on the ramen and I could smell the spices all the way from here. She placed the food in front of me, "Now I want you to imagine how great it'll be to eat this spicy ramen… Then hit the dummy with all the electricity you can muster."

I gave Kat a thumbs up, "Got'cha." I held my right arm out in front of me, "Okay, you can do this, Renka. Just think about how good that ramen will taste. You can even smell the spices from here. I wonder how hot it'll be? I can't wait."

After that, electricity flowed out of my hand easily. It even formed a giant ball as big as the one Minori made earlier. Kat looks, mouth agape, "Holy shit, Renka! If your ball of energy is that big, then that means you are gonna be one of the strongest Shinobi at school!"

I felt big smile crossed my face, "Wait, really?"

Kat nodded, "Yup, you've got some serious potential, Renka-honey."

I jumped in excitement, "Hell ya!"

Kat smiled in amusement at my antics, "Alright, now hit that dummy, will you?"

I nodded and threw the ball straight at the dummy, which completely destroyed it. I got surprised seeing this, "Oops... Sorry, Kat." Guess I was stronger than I thought.

Kat just chuckles and waves her hand dismissively, "Don't worry, Renka-Honey. I destroy them on a daily basis so I've got loads of back up. Anyway, get to eating before it gets soggy."

I squealed in excitement at the prospect of food, "Hell ya!"

I grabbed the ramen and chowed down, savoring each bite like it was my last meal on this planet. Kat even made something for herself, it was just a simple ham sandwich and after we are done eating, Kat started to lecture, "You need to decide on what kind of weapon you're gonna wield in combat."

I nod thoughtfully, "Shinobi do excel in using a certain weapon, but I don't know what will be good for me."

Kat cleared her throat, "Every Shinobi wields a weapon though. I do have a pair of tonfa you can use if you want to try them out."

I stared dumbly at Kat, my brain failing to put an image to the new word, "What's a tonfa?"

Kat goes into her house and after a few minutes brings out the tonfa. I look at it skeptically, "It's just two sticks with handles."

Kat chuckles the same way an older sibling does to their younger sibling after they say something innocently amusing, "They're more than just sticks, a lot of Shinobi have built decent fighting styles around these."

I just looked surprised at Kat then to the supposed great weapons, "Really? Well, I just don't think that it's me. I'd rather have something that's not designed to hurt people all that much. Unless they're asking for it." Which sadly, they usually are.

Kat thought to herself with a quiet hum, "Then I don't know what you want, Renka-Honey. I only have leftover weapons from the time I was deciding on what weapon I wanted."

I thought for a second, "What did you settle on Kat?" I've never seen her use weapons before, but then again we never spent much time together, so any weapon she chooses will be a surprise no matter what.

Kat just smirked, "Follow me to my room and I'll show you." She soon led me to her room where a pair of iron greeves, black with gold trim, sat next to her bed. "Renka-Honey, I'd like to introduce you to the Dragon Rebellion."

They were huge! I couldn't stop staring in awe, "They're so big! Are they heavy?"

Kat nodded looking rather pleased with herself, "Yup, my parents left them behind and I couldn't pick them up until my first year of shinobi school."

I picked one up with ease, "Light as a feather. So you don't have super strength then?"

Kat stared at me with wide eyes, shocked that I even lifted one of her iron greeves. Kat then threw her head back to let out a breathless chuckle, "So you got super strength, huh? Do you know it's really rare for someone to get super strength?"

It was my turn to be surprised, "Is it really that rare?"

Kat nodded, "Only one in a million people ever get it."

My surprise escalated at this new piece of information, "Really!? It's that rare!? Then what are your powers, Kat?"

With a straight face, Kat said, "My powers? Oh, I breathe fire." Her statement was included with a nonchalant shrug, as if she wasn't just telling me something amazing.

I dropped the iron greeve in shock, the object barely missing my foot and landed on the ground with a sharp clang, "Wh-What? Are you kidding?"

Kat chilled in amusement, throwing her arms behind her head, "Yeah, I am."

I pout and tried to cross my arms, momentarily forgetting that my arm is still in its sling and felt unimaginable pain shoot up my arm and throughout my body. Kat saw this and quickly moved to my side to stop me from potentially causing more damage, "Careful, Renka-Honey. I promise I won't make anymore jokes about that, just please stop trying to hurt yourself."

I sighed in defeat, "Well, what is your power then?"

Kat grinned, showing off her shiny teeth, "It's this."

Her blue eyes suddenly turned green, but other than that… nothing else happened. I stared at them blankly, "So you can change your eye color?" I wasn't sure if I should feel relief that it was such a normal looking power… or disappointed that it was normal for someone like Kat.

Kat chuckled again, very amused with my reaction apparently, "That would be a lame power if that existed. Give me more credit than that. Although, I am wondering why your panties don't match the bra you have on now." How does she-?!

I quickly realized what that meant and tried to cover myself up, "X-ray vision!? Can you peer deeper than that with your power?"

Kat slowly shook her head, that same smile plastered on her face, "I'd have to turn them up, but it really strains my eyes, so I'd rather avoid doing that." Her eyes then reverted back to their normal blue color, "They'd turn emerald if I did that; but like I said, it causes me to strain myself if I'd turn it up. Like, let's say I leave them on full blast, after about five minutes they'd start to bleed." I felt a shiver run up my spine at the image, that was something I never wanted to see. Kat continued, "Continued use after that would damage my sight."

I was shocked focusing on one eye then the other, "There's a chance you could go blind?"

Kat nodded, "Yes. That's why I only use them at half strength. It's usually enough to see through the first layer of clothing anyway. I'd be able to see any stashed away weapons on their person." Then her eyes turned green again, "Plus it's great when I can see how gorgeous you look in just underwear."

I quickly covered up, though I doubt that would stop her vision, "Pervert..."

Kat's eyes reverted, "FYI, limbs don't obscure my vision." I glared at Kat and she snickered at my reaction. "Alright, let's move on from here. What weapon do you think you'd prefer?"

I sighed, though it sounded more like a groan, "I don't know... Can we just skip the whole weapon thing for now?" I did my best to give her puppy eyes, honestly I'd rather not try and mess with sharp or heavy objects when I only have one good arm.

Kat gave me a concerned look, "Well... alright. But we need to find you one soon, and craft your own fighting style around it. You also need to practice using your energy a bit more, then we'll be able to start crafting your own Ninja Arts."

I nodded, "Alright, by the way, what element do you control?"

Kat just gave a hearty laugh, "Follow me outside."

She led me outside into her backyard again and without looking at me, Kat put up another dummy, "You have finally been able to summon your element, but now you need to learn control."

I just looked at her quizzically, "Control? How do I learn control?"

Kat put her hand on her chin like she was thinking, her other hand was absentmindedly tapping her leg while she thought, "Well... remember what you did earlier? You summoned a gigantic ball of your element. Now try to summon a ball that would fit in your hand."

I tilted my head, worry slowly crawled its way into my voice, "A ball that can fit in my hand? If I do that, won't that shock me if I touch it?"

Kat sighs, she's been doing that a lot since we started, "It's your energy, isn't it? It doesn't shock you while it's inside you, does it?" Oh...

I felt stupid for even asking, "Well alright. Here goes nothing." I held out my hand in front of me, "Well Renka, you finally made it as a shinobi. Now you can finally become the shinobi you always wanted to be. Got to get stronger now. Strong enough to beat that snob Kafuru. Hell ya!" A giant ball of my electricity came out, but it was the same size as before. "What? Why is it the same size?"

Kat chuckled, mildly amused at me, "Don't worry. It was the same for me at first too." Kat then lifted her arm till it was about chest level and pointed her index finger straight up. A sound soon came from Kat's house. I quickly turned around and see Kat's iron greeves floating out of her room with a visible green gust of wind below them. They came out of the house and landed right next to her, barely making a sound as they hit the grass.

I just stare at the greeves dumbfounded, "W-Wind?" My jaw went slack at the news.

Kat smirked with her ego growing every second I leave my mouth hanging open, "Correct! I can control wind. I figured you wouldn't be able to control how much energy you can output right away, but there was no harm in trying." She held out her hand in front of her and formed a neat little ball of wind energy in her hand and grabbed ahold of it. Kat smirked, "You need to be able to create this. Creating a ball of energy and holding onto it is a sign that you have control. But the ball you summoned was too big for you to hold."

Slipping on her iron greeves and tightened the holders around her ankles, Kat suddenly shouted, "Stand back Renka-Honey. Now!"

I didn't expect her to shout, so I flinched and stepped back almost immediately, nearly stumbling over my own feet and my grip on the electric ball failed. Before the ball of electricity had the chance to drop an inch, Kat quickly kicked it so hard that it flew up and into the sky instantly. Roughly a hundred feet above our head, I felt my connection with it snap like it was nothing more than a twig, and it burst. Electric waves pulsed through the air and light flashed to the point where I was temporarily blinded by the sight. A light breeze suddenly formed and after a moment, my sight regained and the electricity was gone. I stared in awe, "W-Wow..."

Kat smirked, "That was nothing. The things I can do with my powers are more amazing than moving around some lightning. Plus... I can also have a little fun with my wind~."

Without any warning, a gust of wind blew from below the both of us and lifted both of our skirts. I quickly tried to put my skirt down, already feeling my cheeks heat up from both embarrassment and annoyance, "Kat, knock it off, you pervert!" Honestly, I SHOULD have expected that the moment she told me her power was wind. Stupid brain not connecting the dots- wait a minute, so that's why there's been so much wind lately!

Kat just gave an amused chuckled and the wind soon died down. Once I was certain my skirt was flat against my butt… well, as flat as it could get, I gave the girl a half-hearted glare, "Is every one of your powers able to help you to do pervy stuff like that?"

Kat smirked, at my declaration and waves her hand around vaguely with no real direction, "It was just a good luck of the draw that I was able to get powers that help me check out other girls." She soon held out her hand that still had the ball of wind, "This wind I just made has as much destructive power as that big ball you made."

I had to agree there, "Well that's kind of obvious. I mean, you are a third year and are stronger than me. Bet it costs less energy to make too."

Kat raised an eyebrow in surprise, "No arguments, huh? Good."

Kat threw her ball at the dummy, destroying it, "Let's spar, Renka-Honey. No elements, no powers, just nothing but our muscles doing the talking. What do you say?" Kat then released the holders and slipped off her greeves, "I'll even give you the first shot since you're injured."

I tilted my head, "I guess that would be okay. Does that mean I can't use my super strength?"

Kat nodded in affirmation, "I did say no powers. I want to see what your actual strength is. Awww, don't pout Renka-Honey, you need to learn to not rely on it so much"

"I am not pouting!" I scrunched up my nose to stop any facial expression I was making before shrugging, acting like nothing happened, "Well, I have never had to do that before, so I don't know what my actual strength is."

Kat threw a thumbs up in my direction, "Don't worry. I have this covered."

She then went to all four corners to of her backyard and pressed a hidden button in each area, "In my first year I could not control my wind at all. It would always sneak out when I was fighting." A force field formed around us. "Then Imu-Sensei gave me this. This force field you see restricts a kunoichi and prevents her from using her powers. In other words, as long as it's on, we are normal people. Just two high school girls eager to beat each other up."

I looked at the force field skeptically, "Really?"

Kat put her hand out to make another ball, but nothing happened. "See?" She lifted up her shirt, revealing her toned stomach adorned with an outie navel, "I want you to punch me right here with all you got. Got that?"

I just gave her a deadpan expression, "You want me to slug you in the stomach?"

Kat nodded, "I want to see if you can hurt me or not."

I gave her a long look before looking back at Kat's stomach once more, "Alright, I'll give it my best." I took a deep breath and then drew my good arm back and with all my might I hit Kat's stomach.

Kat looked at my fist for a second, "I said with all your might, Renka-Honey." She lifted her head to look at me, her lip was a straight line and her eyebrow was once again a perfect arch.

So I drew my fist back and connected another punch into Kat's stomach. Kat looked at me seriously this time, "Renka-Honey, my stomach is one of my weakest points. If you can't even make me lose breath, then you are in a lot of trouble."

I felt anger slowly boil into me, not only from Kat's words, but also the fact that I'm not able to do anything,, "This time for real!" I drew my fist back again and connected another punch into her stomach once more… My hand was starting to hurt...

Kat looked at me surprised, "You have zero physical strength beyond your powers, don't you?" There was a slight laugh in her tone, like this was the funniest thing she's seen all day.

I pulled my fist back and noticed that the surface of my hand was turning red, "I hurt my hand more than I was able to hurt you..."

Kat sighed and fixed her shirt, smoothing down the creases, "We really need to start training your physical strength first. You are not going to make it if you can't put any force in your punches. What if you're in a situation like this, where you're unable to use your powers? Then what?"

I looked at my hand, the fingers twitching slightly as if they know their owner is staring them down, "Am I really that weak...?" My voice cracked, as if I was going to cry. This was frustrating, but I refuse to have a tantrum over something that I can work on and fix.

Kat nodded reluctantly and patted my shoulder in sympathy, "Sorry, Renka-Honey."

After Kat brought down the force field, I started thinking out loud, "Is there anything else we need to go over?"

Kat brought her hand to her chin, rubbing it in thought, "Let's see... elements, energy control, weapon, physical strength... superpowers… No, I don't think there is anything else. So we just need to train your physical strength first, then energy control, then Ninja Arts, and then we finish off with Guardian Summoning. I think that's it... We can add more later on if we forgot anything."

I nodded happily, "Right. Got it."

Kat then smirked, which worried me, "So... who's Kafuru?"

I flinched at the name, "What? Did I ever say that name?" Please let this topic end quickly...

Kat nodded, "You did called her a snob." Well, there goes my hope.

I bowed my head with a sigh, "Remember our talk in history?"

Kat nodded, "Yeah, so this Kafuru is your older sister?"

I shook my head, "I told you, I don't have an older sister. Kafuru is the youngest in our family."

Kat looked confused after that, "But... you said she went to school with Hikage-Sensei. Wouldn't that make her older? I'm lost here, Renka-Honey, please explain."

I shook my head, talking about my sister was almost as painful as talking to her, "No, she's a prodigy. She started shinobi school at 6 years old."

Kat let out a whistle, "Wow. That is actually pretty impressive. It explains a lot about you."

I ignored the comment, "Now she continues to torture me even at school! She is the new Guardian Summoning teacher… I'm screwed."

Kat's once impressed face soon morphed into shock, "A sixteen-year-old is the Guardian Summoning teacher? What is Mistress Sayuri thinking?"

I scoffed, "Don't even get me started on Mistress Sayuri. She gave me one of her death glares today."

Kat nodded, "I see…" She slammed her right fist into the palm of her left hand, "Ah ha! So that's why your bra doesn't match your panties!" My face turned into a tomato as Kat continued, "I've been there before. Had to change out of a few of my panties after meeting Mistress Sayuri too. So you're not alone in that, Renka-Honey." I looked away in embarrassment as Kat continued, "Well, I think that will be all for today, Renka-Honey. We'll need you to be on par with my strength before we can start with my training. But I think you can you can become a strong shinobi. With your help, I think I can definitely become an elite."

I sighed, "You're serious about becoming an elite?"

Kat nodded, "Yeah. I want to become a great shinobi. One that will be respected by everyone."

"Why?"

Kat avoided making eye contact, rocking on the heels of her feet, "I'd rather not talk about it."

I sighed again, starting to get light headed from all the sighing, "All right... Well, I'm gonna head home for today, Kat."

Kat nodded, "Yeah, see you tomorrow, Renka-Honey. Get there safely!"

I waved to her as I left, "Bye."

I soon made my way back home. I found out that my mom had brought back Kafuru from the nurse's office. As mom helped Kafuru out of the car, my sister gave me a death glare. I glared right back with as much ferocity at her as my arm began to tingle. Mom cuts in between us though, "Girls, I don't have time for you two to fight. So Kafuru, let's go inside."

Kafuru didn't take her eyes off me, "In a minute mom. Renka, don't think just cause you're a thunder user, that you can beat me anytime you feel like it. The only reason today turned out as it did is because I didn't know you had discovered your element. But I will be on guard from now on. So savor this little victory while it lasts." Her lasts words were practically spat out, like a snake spitting venom.

Anger overcame reason at this point, I just wanted to shove a ball of lightning down her throat, "Kafuru, I can beat you anytime and anywhere."

Kafuru started to seethe, "You little, is that what you think? Then I challenge you to a fight! Once I am fully healed up, we'll fight and then see who is better! You or me. And spoiler warning, it's gonna be me."

It was my turn to seethe, "You're on shrimp."

Kafuru made a slight choking sound before her voice escalated in pitch, "What was that!?"

Mom finally whistled to break us up, "Alright, that's enough! Renka, dinner will be ready in an hour, please clean yourself up, you're all sweaty and there's a leaf in your hair." Reaching over, mom carefully plucked a leaf from my locks, shooting Kafuru a "mom look" when she snickered, "Quit it, I will not have any fighting while we eat."

Mom helped Kafuru into the house, leaving me outside. After entering the house and taking off my shoes I went upstairs and dropped my stuff onto the floor. Skipping the shower for later I went into my closet, "Gotta be some old stuff in here... Maybe something that can be used as a weapon."

I searched for a good bit before I happened upon something that would change my life forever. I found my old Reitei. My mom bought these for me when I was nine when we were all at a festival.

Just then, it hit me. My old Reitiei could be my weapon. So I stored my Reitei in my backpack for tomorrow. I sat in the chair at my desk and looked into the mirror I had, ignoring the small dirt patches on my face. Tomorrow starts my training with Kat, and I needed to succeed. This year was my last before I was thrown out on my ass and branded a failure in the shinobi community. I couldn't let that happen, no matter what. It was then I noticed that my face looked kind of flushed. Also, my legs felt restless a bit, so I decided to go take a walk before dinner, then I'll take that shower like mom wanted me to. I hoped that I wasn't getting sick. That was the last thing I needed right now. It would put my training on hold, I cannot afford delay on my growth.

Chapter End

Side Story 2: A Bad Day

This day has gone from bad to worse. First my sister became the teacher for my class, and then I fought with her in class to the point that I injured her and broke my arm. Then Mistress Sayuri scared the crap out of me so much that I peed myself, then I learned I'm completely incompetent without my powers. To top it all off, Kafuru and I have at it again which got us scolded by our mother. So it's rather obvious that I'm a little ticked off at the moment. Even though I wasn't in the best of moods right now, Kafuru was still trying to start something at dinner, despite mom telling her specifically not to do that. She was glaring at me, as if her very eyes could bore holes into my skull, and I wanted to smack her upside that prissy little head of hers.

My rage was momentarily put on hold when I heard mom call out to me, "Renka, what do you want to drink? Milk? Lemonade? Soda? I got the kind you like from the store this morning, it should be cold by now."

Thanks to that smug bitch glaring at me, not only was my judgement halted, but also my train of thought, "Just whatever you have in that pot you have, mom."

Mom looked at me like I've grown a second head, "This is tea, Renka. You never drink tea."

I felt my rage build even more, I didn't care what I drank, I just wanted something to block my vision even for just a moment, "Just pour mom... please."

Mom saw that a lot of my muscles were tensing up so she just sighed and gave up questioning me, "Alright…" She poured tea into one of her traditional clay cups and placed it in front of me, not making a single sound as it touched the table, "Enjoy honey."

I examined the tea and held back my grimace. I asked for it, so I need to drink it, "...Thanks." Besides, isn't tea supposed to be good for the mind?

Mom gave Kafuru a glare, "Stop looking at your sister like that, young lady."

But Kafuru didn't stop and Hanabi groaned, rolling her head back to look at the ceiling, "My god, it's so tense in here right now. You could cut it with a fork."

Mom sighed, "That's knife, Hanabi."

Hanabi looked at mom quizzically, "Really? Well, I still think you could still cut it with a fork..."

Mom massaged her temples, clearly done with the situation right now. Looking up from the table and seeing that Kafuru hadn't stopped, so she raised her voice, "Kafuru, enough!"

At this point, I felt my blood boiling, I was seriously ready to throw myself over the table and do my strength training on her face! If she said the wrong thing right now, I would seriously lose it. I picked up my cup trying to distract myself. Maybe the tea's taste will take my mind off of the situation.

As I brought the tea to my lips, Kafuru scoffed, "Yeah right. You? Drinking tea? Now that's a laugh. Try not to burn your tongue on it."

I finally lost it, all I saw was red and it was focused on her, "THAT'S IT!"I slammed down my cup, something inside of me lit up like a dull spark fully energized, "STOP GLARING AT ME!"

At that moment a flurry of tea spraying out from my cup like a fountain and I heard a crackling sound at the same time. I somehow accidentally infused the tea with my element and when it made contact with my sisters and mom, their usually bouncy hair sagged. But suddenly, the faintest trace of electrical spark trailed down all of their hairs poofed out like a Jack-In-The-Box. Their faces morphed into shock as they slowly realized what was happening to their hair.. Seeing them look like poodles fresh from the groomers, I couldn't help myself from going into a laughing fit.

The first one to feel their hair was Kafuru, her shock becoming horrified, "What the fuck did you do to my hair?!"

Seeing Kafuru touching her hair caused Hanabi to do the same, "OH MY GOD! My hair is like that too!" She sounded rather pleased with the new situation, actually bouncing her new afro and testing its buoyancy.

Mom feels hers, "Well Kafuru you have no one to blame but yourself. I told you to stop glaring at her." She flinched her hand away when her hair gave a minor shock, "Ow…"

Kafuru slams her hands on the table roughly, "That doesn't mean she can screw up our hair out of anger! Why am I the only one getting scolded?!"

Mom stood up and placed her hands on her hips, "You know thunder users in the early stage, have their powers swayed by emotions, and you call yourself a Kunoichi." Oh god her hair is moving with her head...

Kafuru just clicked her tongue in annoyance and looked away. I started holding my side and choked out, "I'm s-sorry. B-But you guys have made my d-dayhehehehhehe hahahahahaha!" They all look so ridiculous, and their hair has its own physics!

Kafuru pouts and walks away with her nose turned up, "I'm going to fix my hair."

Hanabi just starts using her fork as a brush, "You know, Scuttle was right. These are actually pretty good for your hair*." She had the widest grin on her face too. "Hey mom, can I wear my hair like this from now on? This is fun!"

I lost it even more and even fell out of my chair in laughter, falling onto the floor, "I-I-I-I can't b-breatheheheheheh."

In another part of our house, a showerhead turned on and the whole building vibrated as a high pitch scream overtook the sound barrier, "RENKA, I AM GOING TO KILL- OW! DAMN HAIR IS SHOCKING ME!"

Mom just gave up at this point and started using a fork too in hopes of taming the beast on her head, "No, you may not go out looking like that. But do remind me to buy rubber gloves for the bathroom if this becomes a traditional event for dinner." She gave me a wink and my face turned as red as possible upon seeing this. At this rate, I'm going to pass out from a lack of oxygen.

Side Story 2: End

Well, that's all for this chapter and this first arc. In the next one, we will cover Renka's training for the next big thing that is coming her way. Who here is ready for an official tournament? Well, that's all for now. This has been Ayame and I hope you have enjoyed my story.

*Just a little Mermaid joke that I felt like adding