Aiko (Naruto/Boruto Fanfic)

Chapter 13 Aiko

We finished a big lecture about how important it is to really know your capabilities so you can become strong and yada yada. They also talked about how you can effectively combine different powers to get an incredible team work.

My mother and many of the Jōnin had held the lecture for us to be educated. Doctor Atsushi was there as well, he talked about the importance of being healthy.

The adults decided that we should have a break before having a tag team battle tournament. It was just for fun. There was no prize or anything for the winning team.

I was hanging out with Shiori and Hisashi. We were discussing how our tactics should be.

"Alright if we keep being in the back while Shiori attacks them head on with taijutsu then the enemy team won't have time to analyze us because they will be busy handling Shiori" Hisashi was a clever guy, he was the one that came up with basic strategy that we could develop depending on the situations. I usually proceeded the tactics to more advance. Shiori always questioned our strategies, making us think twice and have back up plans.

Shiori started to get restless so she started to wonder around in the building. Me and Hisashi decided to follow her because it was safe to go as a group. We didn't want an outbreak in the Yamakage building. It didn't take too long until Katsuo wanted to join our little walk.

"Aiko! Are you hanging out with that freak again?" He questioned and I rolled my eyes.

"Well, she is my teammate and friend after all" I replied and walked closer to Shiori and away from Katsuo.

"Aiko!" Omi had also been in the lecture with the rest of us youths. I didn't really want them to be close to Shiori because of the risk of a fight.

"Oh Hi Shiori! Long time no see. Who are these guys?" They pointed at Hisashi and Katsuo so I explained that they were my teammate at and bodyguard, respectively.

"I'm the cool one" said Hisashi and I knew it was a pun to his kekkei genkai. I thought it was a really bad joke so I face palmed myself.

"Yeah right..."

"I'm way cooler than that guy!" Katsuo said and tried to steal the spotlight.

It ended up that the boys started to argue who was the coolest, it was in a joking manner so more people surrounded us to listen to the conversation.

"I'm a samurai who has high skill on swords technique!"

"Well I use ice kekkei genkai so I'm naturally cool" everyone was having a blast when they had their joke fight.

I realized that Shiori's chakra was slowly moving away from the crowd. I decided to follow her and Omi was also tailing me.

"Where are we going?" They asked and I said that I would follow my friend.

"Why following Shiori? Didn't you like having fun with the others?" They questioned.

"Yeah but I don't like leaving her alone" I explained and they nodded with a smile. I didn't understand their fascination about me and Shiori. We were like every other friends was. Maybe a bit more complicated but friends none the less.

We stumble upon Eri on the way and she stopped our tracks.

"What is it? I don't have time for thi-"

"Please hear me out" Eri pleaded and I sighed.

"I want to say sorry. About last week when I said all of those things. It was immature of me" she didn't look away or anything, she kept her sight on me, convincing me that she actually meant what she said.