I hummed happily as I strolled down the street with Rina, she pursed her lips,
“I still don’t believe your excuse for last night.” She murmured. I grinned at the memory,
“I told you, I wanted to go for a walk.”
“In your pj’s?” I blinked,
“Hai?” She rolled her eyes,
“Whatever, but I really don’t wanna leave this place.” Rina complained as the large gate appeared. I turned to Rina,
“You have to go back Rina. This was all just training, you have a boyfriend to get home to too.” She looked at the ground and made a sound of displeasure. She obviously didn’t want to leave but she wanted to see her boyfriend too,
“Fine.” She said at last, “I’ll go back. But the first chance I get I’m coming back here to train and see you.” I smiled at her,
“Deal.”
When we reached the gate, Rina turned to me and held out her hand,
“Ja ne Ayame-chan.” I let my hand grip hers. My vision flashed and both of our hands became gloved, snow was blowing everywhere and the village gate was missing. I looked up and saw the younger version of Rina,
It’s like the time where I left for the leaf village.
I thoughts. I smiled slightly,
“Ja ne Riri-chan.” She abruptly sprang forward and pulled me into a tight embrace. My vision flashed again and I was back in the present,
“If you ever need me just send me a message and I’ll come straight here, whether I’m allowed too or not. And my house will always have room for you.” Rina whispered to me, I hugged her back shyly,
“Riri-chan, come on, it’s not like your abandoning me in the desert.” Rina chuckled and let go. She immediately scratched the back of her head in embarrassment,
“G-Gomen. It’s just, well, I’m going to miss you. You’re like the sister I always wanted.” I laughed,
“Well then that makes me feel loved.” Rina gave me the thumbs up,
“It should.” I sighed,
“You’re stalling, you need to go now, besides, I have a mission I need to do.” Rina pursed her lips,
“Fine fine, Ja ne Ayame-chan!” She turned around, and in an instant, she was gone. I sighed and also turned around. And in an instant, I, too, was gone.
“Where were you?” Sakura asked as I approached the group. I grinned at her from beneath my mask,
“You know, a poor baby dolphin needed my help. So I helped that poor dolphin, then it insisted that I would be treated to brunch. So, not wanting to offend the poor fellow, I agreed-“
“Ok ok.” Kakashi interrupted. Sakura had an amused smirk on her face while Naruto was on the ground in stitches, “You getting more and more like me by the day.” Kakashi continued while sweat dropping. Sai kept his emotionless façade on but I just ignored him,
“Gomen, what are we doing today?” I asked,
“Today, we train.” I blinked,
“That’s all?” Everyone stared at me,
“What do you mean ‘that’s all’?” Naruto asked, I shrugged,
“I just thought that we’d have a mission or something.” Naruto grinned at me,
“I wanna train with you though Ayame-chan!” I smiled happily,
“Well that’s good because I wanna-“
“Sakura, you train with Ayame, Sai, you train with Naruto.” Kakashi demanded. Both Naruto’s and I’s smiles dropped,
“What?” I asked as I turned to Kakashi who was watching me with amusement,
“You. Are. With. Sakura.” I pursed my lips,
“You. Are. A. Smart. Ass.” Kakashi grinned,
“It’s true, I’m smart, AND I’m an ass.” I sighed and approached Sakura,
“Hey Saku-chan.” I greeted. She giggled at me,
“Kakashi seems to be in a playful mood today.” I grimaced,
“Yea, unfortunately.” Sakura smirked and got into a stance,
“You ready?” She asked. I nodded and also got into a stance,
“As ready as I’ll ever be.” I responded,
“Ok, rules, only taijutsu, we don’t want to ruin the field.” Kakashi yelled,
“Hai!” We all chorused,
“Alright. FIGHT!” Kakashi yelled.
I sprung at Sakura who chuckled. She raised her first and got ready to punch, I, however, tricked her and flipped over her. She spun around and came face to face with my fist. This didn’t seem to faze her though, she ducked and slammed herself into my torso and tackled me to the ground.
When I hit the ground I coughed as the wind left me, Sakura’s gained some muscle. My eyes winded as she sat up while straddling me and raised her fist. She smirked at me,
“Got you now.” She brought her fist down to my face. I quickly moved my head so she missed by that didn’t stop the huge earthquake that was caused. My mouth hung open as Sakura frowned,
“Darn, I missed.” She cursed. I looked at Kakashi who was also slightly shocked, but I knew he knew about this,
“YOU DID THIS ON PURPOSE!” I yelled at him while flailing around from under Sakura, Kakashi smiled at me,
“Keep your eyes on the enemy Ayame.” I gasped and raised my legs as Sakura held her fist up again. I wrapped my limbs around her throat and squeezed. She winced but still tried to keep her eyes open as I cut off her oxygen. She eventually gave up and jumped off me, I also jumped jump, happy to be out of that situation. I kept my eyes on the pinkett as we circled each other. She suddenly sprung forward. I cursed and dodged her attack swiftly and quickly hit her on the back of the neck. She hissed and spun around. I smiled and got into a neji-like stance, all those training sessions are coming back to me!
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“Alright,” Neji started as he circled me, “First off, your stance is all wrong.” He kicked my right leg further forward and my left back. I grunted and looked at myself unsurly,
“I feel silly.” I complained with a pout. Neji glared at me with his arms crossed,
“Are you mocking the Hyuuga stance?” I shy away from him,
“I-Iie…” I answered. Neji smirked and flicked my nose,
“Just listen and learn. Don’t think about what you look like.” I swallowed and nodded. He stood back and pointed to his arm, “This pressure point-“
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I grinned when I found myself in the stance easily, I spun around Sakura and lowered myself so I could hit the back of her legs. She snapped her head around as I hit her right leg. Of course I couldn’t make chakra come out of my hands but at least I could touch the points on her body to make her weak.
Her leg buckled and she fell onto her knee’s. I then tackled Sakura to the ground, held her neck and brought out my Katana,
“I. Win.” I whispered in her ear. She smirked,
“In you… Dreams!” She gasped. I frowned as I heard Kakashi clap three times,
“Alright guys, times up.” I looked up and noticed it was almost sunset. I gasped and jumped up,
“Kaka sensei, is tonight a full moon?” I asked, he nodded slowly,
“Why?” He asked curiously. Everyone stared at me while I squealed like a child in a candy store,
“No reason!” I answered before I sprinted off towards my newly obtained house.
Tonight is gonna be fun!