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Author's note: Enjoy because I MIGHT not update until sometime during the week….if my trainings don't get in the way. Also my spelling might be a bit off but Anyways ENJOY!
Late Training Day
As wakefulness started creeping its way through my system, I continued to lay there in my warm bed even if I could see the light behind my eyelids coming through the window. Turning from my back to my stomach, I delayed the obvious just so I can enjoy it for a bit more and not have to do anything at the moment. Unfortunately my bladder had other ideas and so I just HAD to get up and use the bathroom to get rid of my discomfort.
Splashing cool water on my face afterwards, that woke me up more, and drying with a towel, I went to the main room and checked the time. 12:05 pm. Lunch hour on a Saturday afternoon sounds good to me as I open the window to let in the afternoon breeze and made my way to the kitchen to start on brunch, for my stomach had made itself known and I must have a good meal before I head out with Naruto.
Right in the middle of making scrambled eggs, bacon and toast, did I hear a series of knocks on my door and instead of going to the door, I just yelled out:
"It's bloody open, Naruto" then return to making sure that I don't burning my meal.
A large pan of scrambled eggs rivaled with many strips of bacon in another pan and finished with 6 slices of toast. What? I'm hungry and a girl gotta eat if she's going to be training most of the day.
Opening and closing of my door, Naruto stood nearby and inhaled the deep aroma of brunch, moaning his pleasure and licked his lips when he opens his eyes. I chuckled at him and as I put the pans to the side, I picked up a plate and handed it to Naruto.
"Go right ahead and grab some, I got enough for the both of us. And could you please grab the orange juice from the fridge and set it on the table while I get the cups, Thanks" Reaching up to the cupboard, I took out 2 glass cups at the same time Naruto rushed to the fridge and back to the table, putting down the pitcher and then standing next to me by the oven with his plate ready. I smiled at his quickness and scooped up a good amount of eggs for my own plate, along with bacon and 2 slice of toast. Naruto copied my actions and soon we both are sitting down on my table, pouring juice in both our glasses.
"So what time did you get up? I didn't hear anything until just a while ago which is why it took me a bit to get here" Naruto explained and rambled at the same time, revealing to me that he's been up longer than me and waiting patiently. How sweet is that?
"Well I did just get up and skip the shower time to make brunch, just a splash of water and brushed my teeth. What time did you get up?" Scooping up a forkful of eggs I started at Naruto before eating it. At first he didn't answer, just looked around my apartment as if he's never seen it before, and kept eating.
"Um…I got up about" the last part he mumbled so quietly that if I didn't have advance hearing I would have missed it completely.
"9? 9 o'clock in the morning on a weekend, you got up?" Naruto looked down at his plate and nodded with a blush creeping up on his cheeks. Setting my fork down on my plate, I reached and ruffled the blond head until Naruto actually looked up at me. I smiled and picked up my fork.
"No worries man, but for future reference, I wake up late on the weekends, well I try to. So next weekend, just get up late because there is a possibility that I'm still asleep. Ok?" He smiles a big smile my way and continues to eat his food.
Helping me with the dishes, Naruto dried them as I washed and by the time we finished it was half past 1. Putting the clean dishes away, I wiped my hands and Naruto hung the dish towel on the oven handle for them to dry. Turning to me, I finally gave notice to what Naruto is wearing today: it's not the clothes he wore yesterday but a different set of clothes I didn't lend him.
"Nice gear, where'd you get it from?" Walking to the 'closet' I pulled out another pair of shoes and sat on the bed to slip them on and also noticed a small bundle next to the door.
"Well since I was waiting for you this morning (He blushed at mentioning this) and I had nothing to do, so I started to clean up my apartment. Getting a laundry basket, I threw in my orange jumpsuit (I cringed at the mention of that jumpsuit) along with the clothes you lend me and while looking for my dirty laundry underneath the bed and other various places, I found some clothes that I have never worn before. It kind of confused me as to where I got it from but I thought as long as I have some clothes I can wash it and wear it when I get here, even brought the now clean clothes you lend me. So what do you think?" He twirled around a full circle for me and showed me that the gear happens to be a white hooded sleeveless V-neck shirt and grey cotton shorts. Walking over to him, I circle him as he twirled and then I walk backwards to the kitchen, stopping by the fridge.
"I like, so let's go and see how well you did the exercise yesterday before I interrupted" Throwing him a bottled water from the fridge, I closed the door after I grabbed myself one and came over to where Naruto is standing. Clapping Naruto on his back, he laughed at the memory and we both walked out the door to start on our late training session.
Jumping on our tree branch when we got to the training grounds, but this time, I didn't wait for anything and just jumped sideways in a cartwheel motion downwards. Arms and legs stretched out at first then balled my body up as I twist in different ways until I came so close to the ground that I could hear Naruto cry out for me to watch it. Only when I got a good 3 feet to the ground, my arms and legs came out and I landed like a spider on the ground on all fours. Getting up and dusting my hands, I looked up to the tree and see Naruto's jaw joining me on the ground, so I laughed. The laugh got him out of it long enough to figure out what to do for his jump.
With a smirk that could rival mine, he kicked upwards while jumping off the tree and spinning in the air on his sides like a log falling from above. I am impressed he is able to do that in the air…maybe his element is air like mine. Anyways Naruto landed on his right side with his arm and leg, but I could see it is straining him a bit and so Naruto fell backwards and landed on his back with a quiet thud.
Shaking my head at his failed attempt at landing, I walked over to him and sat on the ground beside him as he moaned his stupidity and rolled over on his stomach to lift himself up.
"What the heck was I thinking when I did that?" Shaking his head to clear the cobwebs I know are lingering in that mind of his, I slipped the bottled water from his pocket and open it for Naruto to have a sip. One gulp of cool water and sitting on his behind, Naruto glared up to the tree as if it's the tree fault that he didn't land well.
"Well I'm going to assume that you thought you'd be able to land gracefully like I did WITHOUT any hardcore training to back it up, so that's what you were thinking" I too looked up at the sky and I could literally feel the blushing on Naruto face as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah, I guess that's what I thought" He laughed nervously and slowly got up to stand straight; I followed his lead but just smiled as we began walking to the stream. Standing along the side of the bank and for some reason Naruto won't look at me and I could see some tension in his form. My guess would be the embarrassment he felt for his earlier acrobatic fall out and so I broke the ice to let him know I don't think any less of him.
"So we just going to stand here until you grow a beard or what?"
Naruto laughed and finally let the tension go as he turned to me with a small smile,
"Thanks"
"Eh, no problem, bro. Now let's get the show on the damn road if you want to move on to your next 'assignment' and be all that you can be" Held out my fist and he bumped it with his. I stepped back to give the guy room to work and he did, so well, the hand signs along with concentrating but not as long as I thought it would take him to do. Soon he will be able to do things with a snap, but only when he keeps up with the exercise, which I only have one more to show him THEN come the hard part: excruciating training of the whole body.
Stepping into the water, Naruto slipped a bit but kept his ground, well footing is more like it, and put both feet on the water. Standing there like he's surprised and not me, I laughed and congratulated him on his awesome accomplishments. I did the same exercise and walked around Naruto with ease, while he still stood rooted on the spot.
"How come you are able to just do this (he gestured to his feet) without much thinking and I have to think really hard to keep afloat?" Hands on his hips and a pout on his lips just HAD to make him very cute instead of mad. So I shrugged with a smile on my face at his adorable stance and kept walking in circles
"Well Naruto, after you've been doing this for a long time, it just comes to you and when it's been a long time, it will come easier for you. So anyways, since you are done with this exercise, we can move on to the last one, well you not we and ONLY after that, we can start on your vigorous training of the body so what happen earlier won't hurt as much, Alright?"
Stepping off the water, I lead Naruto to a grassy field with wildflowers blooming here and there. The grass is just the right height, not too long but not too short and just enough for this little experiment I have planned for him. I just hope he'll finish as quickly as he did with the other ones because I'm running out of things to do by myself.
A little something new
"So what are we doing here?" He asks as we stand in the grassy field of what smells like fresh cut grass. Hmm I guess they keep parts of this place maintained so it doesn't overgrow too much for other trainers. Turning to him, I smiled a smile that clearly says I have a good kept secret hidden and am about to show you. Giving me a toothy grin himself, he stood waiting.
"You see Naruto, in my path of life before I came here to this village (He giggled at that); I found another village that has shown me something I'm not really sure of and not really sure if anybody else knows it because I sort of stumbled on to it. When I saw it and tried it, succeeding and yet had no idea what it is called. So I plucked up whatever guts I got and asked the monks what does this particular exercise entails. (Naruto looks at me confused at my wording and made me sigh) It means why is this exercise needed and so I was told that if I ever wanted to NOT leave a trail of foot prints after me or something similar then this is what I have to learn. Now let me tell you, it has helped me so many times and will help you too, especially if you were to pull the ultimate prank. Hahaha" See the excitement light up his sky blue eyes made me feel so warm knowing that what I just told is probably one of the best things anyone has yet to tell him and so I smiled at his enthusiasm.
"Really, like really, really? Is that possible and can I try it?" I nodded and that little gesture made him jump up in glee and whoop out loud.
"Alright, alright, calm down and listen for this last and final exercise is totally worth the test. It might take longer to do then the other 2 BUT it'll be something that only you and I know and no one else UNLESS they have knowledge of it way before we did. Now: you know how to channel your chakra to your feet evenly for the tree climbing, yes? (He nodded) and You know how to constantly let it flow on a moving surface (again he nodded) , which is awesome by the way (he blushed but smile nonetheless) So this one is a bit different because you have to use both at the same time but not on a moving surface or a solid one either. It's kind of hard to explain, so I'm going to have to show you first before I can go about explaining what is happening. Now just watch and speak what you see" At his last comment, Naruto looked at me very confused as to what I meant but I didn't have time to explain when tis' better to be shown then be said.
Breathing deeply, I send chakra to me feet in small portions and took a step forward. At first it didn't look any different when I stepped forward, that is until I kept walking, towards the taller grass and as I hear the gasp of utter shock, that became music to my ears for I knew that Naruto could see what I am doing.
"You-You're floating, you're floating! Whoa" I smacked my forehead at this but heard a thud so I'm going to assume Naruto sat down Hard as I kept walking around going from short to tall grasses.
"Uh-uh, nope, try again Naruto. Look closely this time please" I hear shuffling and footfalls coming closer but I kept walking around with my hands behind my back, like I'm strolling through a park or something.
"Umm, I don't really see anything else, Roxanne" Naruto says looking at my feet but not really looking as he failed to notice one key element of this exercise.
"Ok then, why don't you sit over there (I pointed to the right of me, couple feet) and just watch, closely, not only with your eyes but with all your senses including your mind. Ok?" "Ok" Naruto looked at me weird like what I said is weird in itself but who can blame him, I talk funny as Kiba so kindly pointed out yesterday.
Sitting on the grass underneath a tree for the shade, Naruto watched my feet but squinting at them or tilting his head or even closing one eye and looking with the other. I sighed as this MIGHT take a while for him to get the gist of but then again Naruto just might surprise me.
Strolling around, 'floating' as Naruto called, I walked by Naruto really close as he sits on the grass and I circled him a couple times and walked off but a loud gasp stopped me in my tracks. Turning I see Naruto looking intently at my feet and he lay down on his stomach as his head laid on the soft grass.
"I see it, I see it Roxanne!" exclaiming his excitement he sat up "I see what you mean; you are walking on top of the grass, like right on top without crushing anything. I didn't notice before but I do now. Your tracks: there is supposed to be tracks of where you stepped on the grass but there isn't any, nothing (looking around to where I've stepped before) That is an awesome thing to know and do, no tracks and no one the wiser. So how can you do this, how long it took you and when can I do it?" Stopping the flow a chakra to me feet with a thought, I walked over to Naruto and this time you could see where I've stepped.
"Ok, like I've mention earlier, I sort of stumbled onto it and got it in no time, so you saw what I did right? (He nodded) Good, you just have to let the chakra flow to your feet, BUT not too much or you'll just end up crushing the grass and ground. Not too little as it will not work. Try to find a way to combine the tree climbing technique with the water walking one. Use your chakra to stick on the grass but let it flow as the grass flows with the breeze like little ripples of water moving constantly. Something like that since I can't really explain it well but you've seen it so just combined that with what I've said. Ok?" Naruto had his hand under his chin, thinking of a way to try this but nodded nonetheless. "Great! Now you figure this out and I'll be over there working on my katas. I'll be back before the sun tries to go down" Absentminded Naruto waved me away as his mind began work; I smiled at his full concentration and waved back as I started walking off to a nearby area where I can work on my training.
SLAM! Right into a tree that shook to its core but I didn't have time to appreciate the sturdiness of the tree as my clones (yes, plural) jumped me from all side with a kick, punch or body slam. But being flexible does have its advantages: I grabbed the tree with my hands up above my head; I kicked up to help and am now up against the tree on my stomach and crawling backwards up towards the tree. I felt the impact of the hits on the tree from my clones missing me and once again didn't have time to praise the very sturdy tree for the clones jumped up towards me. Chakra lined feet I sprinted up to the top of the tree and waited: waited for the sudden grab or hit. I didn't have to wait long as one of them flew up by me and aimed a well-timed knee to my sides. The other tried to grab my feet to pull be down but I leaped from its hands. In midair I felt a swipe at my face but it missed as I twisted around after I landed a series of hits to another clone's back.
Landing on my two feet and turning around to give a good kick to the other two is when we all froze. Bringing my foot down, the clones disappeared and I jumped off the top to land on one of the branches below me and crouched down, expanding my senses to see what's happening.
Naruto is still working on his exercise in the same place I left him but I feel something out of place near him. Quicker than quick, I used the trees to make my silent way to where Naruto is.
Landing without a sound on a thick and long tree branch just high above Naruto, I see that he is trying his damn-est to get the training right and NOT paying attention to his surroundings like he should be. Too much concentration I suppose.
THERE! Right there far off to Naruto left, or my left, I see a black blue blur as if circling Naruto for a reason and I so don't like that someone decided to interrupt Naruto's session like that.
Again that blur came around but this time stayed hidden behind a thick tree that covered them well, for them but not for me. Quietly I jumped tree to tree until I'm almost directly above them however I could not see their face to identify them as the foliage covers them from me. They crouch in a ready to strike position and so did I. A second just before they are about to spring into action, I did and landed on the unidentified person. He fell with me on his back and we started to roll around trying to get the better of the other and that got the attention of Naruto.
"Hey!" he yelled and started running to us. I'm still on the guy's back and then I spring myself up as I quickly turned him on his back and I landed back down, facing him with a kunai to his throat. But my eyes widen as to who it is:
"Sasuke?"
A/N: My explanation of that last exercise might be confusing as I tried to explain it as best as I can but mentally and verbally is very different things but I have heard about it somewhere.
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