The Demons We Share. (Naruto Fanfiction)

#43

~3 Days Later~
~Natsuna P.O.V~

"Phew!" I say as I stretch after leaving the Hokage's office, "it feels good being back home!" I walk down the hall and exit the building, and as soon as the sunlight kisses my foot, Konohamaru lands in front of me. "Hi, sensei!" He yells out, "welcome back!"

I jump a little by the shock, but I smile as I see his beaming grin, "Hey," I say, "thanks for the welcome." I then see Konohamaru jump a little as he can't keep still, "what is it?" I ask, "if you got something to say, spit it out." He gives a devilish smirk and holds his hand out, "while you were away, big brother naruto started teaching me in your place!"

I looked at his hand, and before I knew it, a Rasengan started to take shape with the help of a clone. "Oh, cool!" I exclaim, "You finally learned the Rasengan!" Konohamaru proudly grins; he holds my sleeve as he starts to run, "come on!" He says, "I want to continue my training!"

We arrive at our usual training field in no time, "at least let me agree first!" I say with a chuckle, "don't just drag me!" Konohamaru laughs and sits on his knees, "come on!" He says excitedly, "what other cool jutsu's you got?!" I was about to sit when I heard some footsteps get closer; I looked behind and recognized who it was.

"Oh!" I say, "it's you!" The girl I rescued all those years ago stops walking; she looks so nervous as I get closer. "Hey, I never got your name," I say, holding a hand out to her, "what is it? Mines Natsuna." She shakily grips my hand and shakes it, "Katsumi, S-Sayuri," she stutters out, "My name is Sayuri."

Sayuri lets go of my hand and bows to the ground, her forehead hit against the grass. "Please!" She shouts, "please take me on as your student too! I'll work as hard as I need to!" I froze when she did this, I wasn't going to say 'no' to begin with, but she probably thought I would.

"H-hey!" I say nervously, "stand up; there's no need to be so formal with me!" I grab her shoulders and help her back up, "I'll take you on as a student," I say, "but can you show me how many clones can you make?" Sayuri had a brief glow in her eyes after I agreed, but she put two fingers up; out came five ash clones.

"Hmm," I say, rubbing my chin, "ash. So, is your chakra nature fire?" Sayuri quickly nods, "yes!" She says, "my mother taught me what she knows!" I signal her to follow me and Sayuri stands next to Konohamaru; they both take a seat right after me.

"I actually want to try something with you two," I say, looking into my pocket, "it's something I bought while I was in the sand village." I hold out a few beige pieces of paper; they're no larger than the palm of my hands. "What is that?" Konohamaru asks, "it's just paper."

I shake my head a little and give them each a piece, "Konohamaru," I say, "You said your chakra nature was fire too, right?" He nods, "yep!" He says, "why?" I point at the sheet, "that thin piece of paper is supposed to tell you what type of nature or natures one has when they focus chakra on it. If it's fire, it should burn up. Water damps it; earth crumples it, air slices it, and lightning electrifies it."

"So cool!" Konohamaru says as he looks at it, "I hope I can do more than just burn it!" He closes his eyes and focuses chakra on it; one corner of the paper starts to smoke up before catching fire. The sheet then gets sliced, but the cut doesn't go all the way through; once the heat gets close to his fingers, Konohamaru opens his eyes and quickly puts it out.

"See?" I say, "It turns out you have wind nature to you as well. Pretty cool, right?" Konohamaru jumps up to his feet, "wow! Wind nature?! That's kind of like big brother Naruto, right?! So cool!" I chuckle a little and nod, "your turn, Sayuri," I say, "just relax and pretend we aren't here."

Sayuri takes a deep breath and closes her eyes; not long after, the paper catches fire on one side while the other crumples up simultaneously. "Woah!" Konohamaru exclaims, "that was so quick!" Sayuri opens her eyes and puts out the fire as well. "It was; I think that means she has more chakra than you, Konohamaru," I say with a smirk. "Welp, Konohamaru has fire and wind, while Sayuri has both earth and fire. I gotta say, my two students sure are an interesting duo."