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Well this is chapter two......
Chapter Two
TRAINING
I took the shuriken and faced the tree tentatively. I raised the shuriken and tossed it. When I did, I hit that tree head-on. I chopped the thing right in half, right? Wrong. I missed the tree by about two feet and sent the shuriken whizzing into the forest.
"Well, that could've gone better," said Kakashi.
"Um, yeah, that's one way of putting it," I agreed.
Kakashi reached into his pocket and pulled out about ten more shuriken. He dropped all but one onto the ground and gave that one to me. "Practice with them until you have a handle on them. Afterwards, we'll work on something else."
"Okay." I threw the other shuriken at the tree and just barely missed it. I looked at the spot where the shuriken had passed and my eyes widened. A thin incision ran across the side of the tree.
"You're getting better," said Kakashi.
I picked up another shuriken and aimed it at the tree. I threw it and hit the tree about a foot above Kakashi's shuriken. I took the shuriken one after the other and hit the tree. I grabbed the last one and hesitated. "Hm? What's wrong?" Kakashi asked. I looked past the tree I was originally aiming at and spotted a tiny newborn tree about seventy feet away. I re-aimed the shuriken towards that tree and unleashed. At first, I thought the shuriken was going to chop it in half, but then it veered off course and instead cut it along the side. With the tree so small, the tiny cut was enough to set it off balance and send it crashing to the ground. "Not bad," said Kakashi. "Well, since you seem to have that down, we'll work on your first jutsu."
"My first what?" I asked.
"Jutsu. It utilizes the power of your inner energy. This 'inner energy' is better known as 'chakra'. Some jutsu will take a day to master, others will take a year. It all depends on the level of your chakra. But more importantly, it comes down to how hard you work at it. Well, enough with the lecture. It's time to learn your first jutsu. Beforehand, though, you need to learn about the other element for casting jutsu: hand signs. They are what focuses your chakra and molds it into the right shape to work a certain jutsu. There are twelve main signs and then countless others that are required to perform other, more powerful jutsu. But, we'll talk about those a bit later.
Right now, I'm going to show you the twelve main signs and their names." First, he folded his hands out in front. "This is called 'Snake'." Then, he maneuvered the sign and pointed it downward. He also stuck his pinkies out and pointed them downwards. "'Dragon.'" Then, he put his pinkies back in and spread his hands, keeping his fingers intertwined except for his indexes which were pointed diagonally inwards and whose tips were touching. "'Horse.'" He twisted his hands around and put his palms at ninety degree angles of each other. All of his left fingers were spread while his right middle and ring fingers were balled and the rest were spread. "'Ox.'"
He then took his left hand and balled it into a fist with the pinky sticking out. His right depicted a typical kindergartener gun symbol with the index-barrel pointed to his left. He set his left pinky between his right thumb and index. "'Rabbit,'" said Kakashi. He spread all of his fingers and flattened his hands horizontally with his palms facing each other. "'Monkey.'" He then remade the 'Snake' sign and outstretched his index and pinky fingers upward with the tips touching. "'Bird.'" He balled both hands into fists and put them together pointing downward. "'Boar.'" His right hand was kept into a fist which was redirected to point to the left. He put his flat right hand on top. "'Dog.'"
Then, he made the same sign that he used to teleport the two of us to the Hidden Leaf Village. "This one is called 'Ram.'" He balled his right hand into a fist and stuck out his index and middle knuckles. He wrapped his left hand around the knuckles and said, "'Rat.'" Finally, he made the 'Snake' sign and extended the index and middle fingers on both hands to point upward with the insides touching. "'Tiger'. And those are the twelve signs used to perform jutsu.
Now to your first jutsu. It's called the Substitution Jutsu, and instead of explaining it, it would be better if I showed you." He made a bunch of signs so rapidly it was hard for me to make any of them out. Nothing seemed to happen. I began to wonder if he was just tricking me. He reached into a pouch strapped to his right leg and pulled out a kunai knife. He grabbed the blade and offered me the handle. I took it, wondering what was about to happen. "Now take the kunai and attack me," said Kakashi.
"You have lost your ever-loving mind," I decided.
"Trust me, I'll be fine."
"If you say so." I raised the kunai and prepared to strike. I expected to be parried but Kakashi didn't look too interested in defending himself. He just stood there, waiting for me to kill him. I swung the blade and slashed him across the stomach. My first thought was that I had been led into a trap and was going to be put away forever on murder charges. Then, suddenly, Kakashi was engulfed in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, a large log was lying on the ground with a large incision around the mid-section. I heard a noise in the bushes to my right and looked. Kakashi walked out, completely unharmed.
"That is the Substitution Jutsu. It replaces the user with a large object so the enemy thinks he's attacking you, giving the user time to rest or counterattack."
"That sounds like a pretty useful trick there," I stated.
"It is," said Kakashi. "It's a ninja's most basic technique. It can be used to save your life and throw you the match. Now, it's your turn. And I'm guessing watching me make the signs only made you dizzy, (which, by the way, was completely true) so I'll show them to you again, but much more slowly this time."
"That would be really helpful," I said.
"I imagine so. Now, do you remember the names of the signs and how to perform them?" he asked me.
"Um, more so than I could," I answered.
"Good, now the signs are Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake." He performed each sign as he said it. I mimicked the signs and said, "Substitution Jutsu!"
I felt something stirring inside me and suddenly I found myself somewhere in the forest. I saw a clearing near me and walked out of it. I saw Kakashi standing there along with…me! It was a clone of me, looking as confused as I felt. Kakashi put his fist in the clone's stomach and it was immersed in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, there was another log on the ground right next to the one Kakashi had switched with.
"That's just cool!" I said.
"Yes, and there are plenty more jutsu to learn. But be careful, lots of jutsu used in quick succession will drain your chakra and eventually kill you."
"That's a happy thought," I said.
"Indeed, well, moving on to the Clone Jutsu." He made more signs and said, "Clone Jutsu!" Another puff of smoke appeared next to Kakashi. When the smoke cleared, a clone of Kakashi was standing there. It was absolutely perfect. I couldn't even tell the difference between the two.
"N-No way," I said in awe. Kakashi threw a kunai to me and I caught it by the handle. "Now throw the kunai at the clone." That was probably not the best thing he could've said. I couldn't even hit a dart-board with a dart. I readied the knife and chucked it as hard as I could. At first, I thought the knife had run the clone through, but then I realized, the knife had passed straight through the clone and embedded itself in the tree behind it. Upon closer inspection, I looked at the ground and as the clone stepped back, I saw that he had left no footprints. There wasn't even a single blade of bent grass.
"You can't hit them!" I realized.
"That's right. And the only drawback to this jutsu is, they can't hit you."
"So? It still makes for a good distraction," I said.
"Hm, that's true. Alright, you try. The signs are Ram, Snake, Tiger. Understand?"
I nodded and made the hand signs. I focused my chakra and said, "Clone Jutsu!" A puff of smoke appeared beside me. When the smoke cleared, I chuckled in embarrassment. Laying there was a horrible copy of me. The features had a lighter shade than my own. It was also comprised of entirely straight lines. There wasn't a single curve to be seen. I could tell this thing wasn't going to be distracting anyone.
"Release the jutsu with the Ram sign and say, 'Release'," said Kakashi.
"Right." I made the Ram sign and said, "Release!"
The pathetic clone disappeared in a puff of smoke. "That was pretty darned good for a first try. Why don't you try it again?"
The fact that Kakashi wasn't completely embarrassed to have me as a student was a huge encouragement. I made the signs again and said, "Clone Jutsu." When the puff of smoke cleared, I couldn't help but smile a little. There were a few distinguished curves and the features were a little darker than last time.
"Well, now, no one can say you're not improving," said Kakashi.
I looked at him, and from what I could see behind his mask, it looked like he was smiling. I made the Ram sign and the clone disappeared. I made the three hand signs once more and focused my chakra to its full extent. "Clone Jutsu!" What came out of the smoke wasn't perfect, but it was still an improvement. All the curves were in the right places and the features were just a little bit lighter than they were supposed to be.
"Good job! I think just one more try should do the trick," Kakashi encouraged me.
I released the jutsu and tried again. This time, it was flawless. Perfect curves, perfect features. This clone was just right for a distraction. "Not bad. It takes most people at least six or seven tries to master this jutsu. You're progressing very quickly. I'm impressed. Now for a review. Let's see a Substitution Jutsu." I made the hand signs and found myself in the trees near Kakashi and the clone of myself. Kakashi struck the clone with a kunai and it reverted back to a log. I walked out and towards Kakashi who said, "Alright, now for the Clone Jutsu." So, I made the signs and cast the Clone Jutsu. Again, the clone was perfect.
"Alright, now let's see how proficient you are with the jutsu. Try to make two clones."
I figured that was probably asking quite a bit, but I made the signs and focused my chakra even more. One puff of smoke appeared and out of it appeared one clone. My shoulders sagged in disappointment.
"Hey, don't look so down. You did good. You're making a lot of progress. But, before your training's complete, we need to do one last thing," said Kakashi. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny slip of paper.
"Hold the paper and pour your chakra into it. That will determine what Nature Type you have. There are five main Nature Types. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Lightning. They are used to perform extremely powerful ninjutsu. But a ninja only has one or two Nature Types, and these slips of paper will determine your main type.
"Now, if the paper catches on fire and burns, you have a Fire Nature Type, if it gets all wet and soggy, that means your Nature Type is Water. If the paper rips in half, you have a Wind Nature Type. If it crumbles to dust, you have an Earth Nature Type. If the paper crumples, your Nature Type is Lightning. Now, like I explained earlier, hold it and pour some of your chakra into it. It will react to the slightest trace of chakra."
I took the paper and held it in my hands and poured what little chakra I had into it. It didn't hit me until now just how tired I was. This whole jutsu thing was exhausting. It took about ten seconds, but finally, the paper caught fire and burned. I expected my hand to get scorched, so instinctively, I yelped and threw it aside. I was a little surprised the fire hadn't at least given me some minor burns. My hand was fine.
"Well then, that takes care of that. Your training is complete. But before you go, I want to give you something." He reached into a back pocket and pulled out a small scroll. "This scroll is filled with all kinds of fire jutsu. You master some of these, and you'll be almost unstoppable. Now, I'm going to show you where you're going to live from now on." I wasn't exactly pleased with that "from now on" part, but I knew if I went back home, I would just get killed by Mr. Daiichi.
Kakashi led me back to the village and to a two-story house set at the edge of the Leaf Village. "This is your new home. I'm sorry, but you won't be able to go back to your family," said Kakashi.
"Yeah," I said, "I know."
I walked in and saw that Kakashi had left. Right inside the doorway was a hallway. There were two doors on the right, two on the left and then one leading to what looked like a kitchen at the end of the hall. I went to the kitchen and found a stairway. I climbed it and found myself in another hallway with one room on the left, one on the right, and one at the end of the hallway to a bedroom. I went to the bedroom and crashed on the bed.
Well this is the end of chapter two next is chapter three
Chapter Two
TRAINING
I took the shuriken and faced the tree tentatively. I raised the shuriken and tossed it. When I did, I hit that tree head-on. I chopped the thing right in half, right? Wrong. I missed the tree by about two feet and sent the shuriken whizzing into the forest.
"Well, that could've gone better," said Kakashi.
"Um, yeah, that's one way of putting it," I agreed.
Kakashi reached into his pocket and pulled out about ten more shuriken. He dropped all but one onto the ground and gave that one to me. "Practice with them until you have a handle on them. Afterwards, we'll work on something else."
"Okay." I threw the other shuriken at the tree and just barely missed it. I looked at the spot where the shuriken had passed and my eyes widened. A thin incision ran across the side of the tree.
"You're getting better," said Kakashi.
I picked up another shuriken and aimed it at the tree. I threw it and hit the tree about a foot above Kakashi's shuriken. I took the shuriken one after the other and hit the tree. I grabbed the last one and hesitated. "Hm? What's wrong?" Kakashi asked. I looked past the tree I was originally aiming at and spotted a tiny newborn tree about seventy feet away. I re-aimed the shuriken towards that tree and unleashed. At first, I thought the shuriken was going to chop it in half, but then it veered off course and instead cut it along the side. With the tree so small, the tiny cut was enough to set it off balance and send it crashing to the ground. "Not bad," said Kakashi. "Well, since you seem to have that down, we'll work on your first jutsu."
"My first what?" I asked.
"Jutsu. It utilizes the power of your inner energy. This 'inner energy' is better known as 'chakra'. Some jutsu will take a day to master, others will take a year. It all depends on the level of your chakra. But more importantly, it comes down to how hard you work at it. Well, enough with the lecture. It's time to learn your first jutsu. Beforehand, though, you need to learn about the other element for casting jutsu: hand signs. They are what focuses your chakra and molds it into the right shape to work a certain jutsu. There are twelve main signs and then countless others that are required to perform other, more powerful jutsu. But, we'll talk about those a bit later.
Right now, I'm going to show you the twelve main signs and their names." First, he folded his hands out in front. "This is called 'Snake'." Then, he maneuvered the sign and pointed it downward. He also stuck his pinkies out and pointed them downwards. "'Dragon.'" Then, he put his pinkies back in and spread his hands, keeping his fingers intertwined except for his indexes which were pointed diagonally inwards and whose tips were touching. "'Horse.'" He twisted his hands around and put his palms at ninety degree angles of each other. All of his left fingers were spread while his right middle and ring fingers were balled and the rest were spread. "'Ox.'"
He then took his left hand and balled it into a fist with the pinky sticking out. His right depicted a typical kindergartener gun symbol with the index-barrel pointed to his left. He set his left pinky between his right thumb and index. "'Rabbit,'" said Kakashi. He spread all of his fingers and flattened his hands horizontally with his palms facing each other. "'Monkey.'" He then remade the 'Snake' sign and outstretched his index and pinky fingers upward with the tips touching. "'Bird.'" He balled both hands into fists and put them together pointing downward. "'Boar.'" His right hand was kept into a fist which was redirected to point to the left. He put his flat right hand on top. "'Dog.'"
Then, he made the same sign that he used to teleport the two of us to the Hidden Leaf Village. "This one is called 'Ram.'" He balled his right hand into a fist and stuck out his index and middle knuckles. He wrapped his left hand around the knuckles and said, "'Rat.'" Finally, he made the 'Snake' sign and extended the index and middle fingers on both hands to point upward with the insides touching. "'Tiger'. And those are the twelve signs used to perform jutsu.
Now to your first jutsu. It's called the Substitution Jutsu, and instead of explaining it, it would be better if I showed you." He made a bunch of signs so rapidly it was hard for me to make any of them out. Nothing seemed to happen. I began to wonder if he was just tricking me. He reached into a pouch strapped to his right leg and pulled out a kunai knife. He grabbed the blade and offered me the handle. I took it, wondering what was about to happen. "Now take the kunai and attack me," said Kakashi.
"You have lost your ever-loving mind," I decided.
"Trust me, I'll be fine."
"If you say so." I raised the kunai and prepared to strike. I expected to be parried but Kakashi didn't look too interested in defending himself. He just stood there, waiting for me to kill him. I swung the blade and slashed him across the stomach. My first thought was that I had been led into a trap and was going to be put away forever on murder charges. Then, suddenly, Kakashi was engulfed in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, a large log was lying on the ground with a large incision around the mid-section. I heard a noise in the bushes to my right and looked. Kakashi walked out, completely unharmed.
"That is the Substitution Jutsu. It replaces the user with a large object so the enemy thinks he's attacking you, giving the user time to rest or counterattack."
"That sounds like a pretty useful trick there," I stated.
"It is," said Kakashi. "It's a ninja's most basic technique. It can be used to save your life and throw you the match. Now, it's your turn. And I'm guessing watching me make the signs only made you dizzy, (which, by the way, was completely true) so I'll show them to you again, but much more slowly this time."
"That would be really helpful," I said.
"I imagine so. Now, do you remember the names of the signs and how to perform them?" he asked me.
"Um, more so than I could," I answered.
"Good, now the signs are Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake." He performed each sign as he said it. I mimicked the signs and said, "Substitution Jutsu!"
I felt something stirring inside me and suddenly I found myself somewhere in the forest. I saw a clearing near me and walked out of it. I saw Kakashi standing there along with…me! It was a clone of me, looking as confused as I felt. Kakashi put his fist in the clone's stomach and it was immersed in a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, there was another log on the ground right next to the one Kakashi had switched with.
"That's just cool!" I said.
"Yes, and there are plenty more jutsu to learn. But be careful, lots of jutsu used in quick succession will drain your chakra and eventually kill you."
"That's a happy thought," I said.
"Indeed, well, moving on to the Clone Jutsu." He made more signs and said, "Clone Jutsu!" Another puff of smoke appeared next to Kakashi. When the smoke cleared, a clone of Kakashi was standing there. It was absolutely perfect. I couldn't even tell the difference between the two.
"N-No way," I said in awe. Kakashi threw a kunai to me and I caught it by the handle. "Now throw the kunai at the clone." That was probably not the best thing he could've said. I couldn't even hit a dart-board with a dart. I readied the knife and chucked it as hard as I could. At first, I thought the knife had run the clone through, but then I realized, the knife had passed straight through the clone and embedded itself in the tree behind it. Upon closer inspection, I looked at the ground and as the clone stepped back, I saw that he had left no footprints. There wasn't even a single blade of bent grass.
"You can't hit them!" I realized.
"That's right. And the only drawback to this jutsu is, they can't hit you."
"So? It still makes for a good distraction," I said.
"Hm, that's true. Alright, you try. The signs are Ram, Snake, Tiger. Understand?"
I nodded and made the hand signs. I focused my chakra and said, "Clone Jutsu!" A puff of smoke appeared beside me. When the smoke cleared, I chuckled in embarrassment. Laying there was a horrible copy of me. The features had a lighter shade than my own. It was also comprised of entirely straight lines. There wasn't a single curve to be seen. I could tell this thing wasn't going to be distracting anyone.
"Release the jutsu with the Ram sign and say, 'Release'," said Kakashi.
"Right." I made the Ram sign and said, "Release!"
The pathetic clone disappeared in a puff of smoke. "That was pretty darned good for a first try. Why don't you try it again?"
The fact that Kakashi wasn't completely embarrassed to have me as a student was a huge encouragement. I made the signs again and said, "Clone Jutsu." When the puff of smoke cleared, I couldn't help but smile a little. There were a few distinguished curves and the features were a little darker than last time.
"Well, now, no one can say you're not improving," said Kakashi.
I looked at him, and from what I could see behind his mask, it looked like he was smiling. I made the Ram sign and the clone disappeared. I made the three hand signs once more and focused my chakra to its full extent. "Clone Jutsu!" What came out of the smoke wasn't perfect, but it was still an improvement. All the curves were in the right places and the features were just a little bit lighter than they were supposed to be.
"Good job! I think just one more try should do the trick," Kakashi encouraged me.
I released the jutsu and tried again. This time, it was flawless. Perfect curves, perfect features. This clone was just right for a distraction. "Not bad. It takes most people at least six or seven tries to master this jutsu. You're progressing very quickly. I'm impressed. Now for a review. Let's see a Substitution Jutsu." I made the hand signs and found myself in the trees near Kakashi and the clone of myself. Kakashi struck the clone with a kunai and it reverted back to a log. I walked out and towards Kakashi who said, "Alright, now for the Clone Jutsu." So, I made the signs and cast the Clone Jutsu. Again, the clone was perfect.
"Alright, now let's see how proficient you are with the jutsu. Try to make two clones."
I figured that was probably asking quite a bit, but I made the signs and focused my chakra even more. One puff of smoke appeared and out of it appeared one clone. My shoulders sagged in disappointment.
"Hey, don't look so down. You did good. You're making a lot of progress. But, before your training's complete, we need to do one last thing," said Kakashi. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny slip of paper.
"Hold the paper and pour your chakra into it. That will determine what Nature Type you have. There are five main Nature Types. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Lightning. They are used to perform extremely powerful ninjutsu. But a ninja only has one or two Nature Types, and these slips of paper will determine your main type.
"Now, if the paper catches on fire and burns, you have a Fire Nature Type, if it gets all wet and soggy, that means your Nature Type is Water. If the paper rips in half, you have a Wind Nature Type. If it crumbles to dust, you have an Earth Nature Type. If the paper crumples, your Nature Type is Lightning. Now, like I explained earlier, hold it and pour some of your chakra into it. It will react to the slightest trace of chakra."
I took the paper and held it in my hands and poured what little chakra I had into it. It didn't hit me until now just how tired I was. This whole jutsu thing was exhausting. It took about ten seconds, but finally, the paper caught fire and burned. I expected my hand to get scorched, so instinctively, I yelped and threw it aside. I was a little surprised the fire hadn't at least given me some minor burns. My hand was fine.
"Well then, that takes care of that. Your training is complete. But before you go, I want to give you something." He reached into a back pocket and pulled out a small scroll. "This scroll is filled with all kinds of fire jutsu. You master some of these, and you'll be almost unstoppable. Now, I'm going to show you where you're going to live from now on." I wasn't exactly pleased with that "from now on" part, but I knew if I went back home, I would just get killed by Mr. Daiichi.
Kakashi led me back to the village and to a two-story house set at the edge of the Leaf Village. "This is your new home. I'm sorry, but you won't be able to go back to your family," said Kakashi.
"Yeah," I said, "I know."
I walked in and saw that Kakashi had left. Right inside the doorway was a hallway. There were two doors on the right, two on the left and then one leading to what looked like a kitchen at the end of the hall. I went to the kitchen and found a stairway. I climbed it and found myself in another hallway with one room on the left, one on the right, and one at the end of the hallway to a bedroom. I went to the bedroom and crashed on the bed.
Well this is the end of chapter two next is chapter three
