Forsaken {Book 1}

VIII:Training With the Crazy Lady

"Let me make one thing clear.  If I train you I'm not gonna go easy on you.  I'm going to wear you out and push you to your limits." Tekoto said, with a serious face, as he took his seat across from the three genin at the kitchen table.

"Good! That's exactly what we want! We want to be pushed passed our limits so we can get stronger, and so I can be strong enough to become the Hokage!" Naruto exclaimed.  Tekoto looked at Naruto and gave him grin.

"Alright then youngster, I will help you with your training!"  He claimed and Naruto looked at Tekoto happily.

"ALRIGHT!  What are you gonna teach me?  Is it gonna be a super cool move?  Are you gonna show me how to beat Sasuke?  Eh?  Eh?  What are you gonna teach me?"

"I'm gonna help you work on taijutsu, and I'm going to teach all three of you how to get out of genjutsu.  Since both of those are my specialty, and since you guys will be out of the leaf village these will be helpful to your future travels.  Sasuke, since you have the Sharingan I assume you will need the least work with genjutsu since you can easily detect it.  Sakura, since you have perfect chakra control, from what I hear, you'll probably get this down easily.  Naruto, we'll have to work on you." 

"Eh?  Not fair?" Naruto said pouting and crossing his arms like a child. 

"Don't worry Naruto, this will help you catch up to Sasuke especially since he is already pretty good with genjutsu.  Sasuke, since you'll need the least work with genjutsu you can work with Yuri, that's if you want to."

"What can she teach me?" Sasuke asked, curious as to what the woman knew.

"She specializes in kenjutsu, swordsmanship."  Sasuke nodded. 

"And when I finish working on genjutsu," Sakura began, "I'm going to help Yuki get started on her training, but I'm also gonna work with Uncle Tekoto in taijutsu since we all know I need to improve in that area." Sakura said with a smile.

"When do we start? We've been here for five days." Sasuke asked.

"We can start tomorrow. I don't think waiting one more day will hurt anything." Tekoto said with a smile.

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It's been two weeks since the three have begun their training and they don't regret it one bit. Sure they have improved but they still have a long way to go.  Sasuke and Sakura both finished the genjutsu quickly, Sasuke faster than Sakura, and begun other things.  Sasuke began training with Yuri and learning kenjutsu while Sakura focused on helping Yuki and working on her own taijutsu.  At the moment Sasuke is taking a small break from his training with Yuri.

"That was the correct block you made.  We can work on more blocks in a little bit."  Yuri said as Sasuke sat down on the grass panting.  Sasuke did notice the look of curiosity Yuri was giving him but didn't question it, not being a very social person.  Even though Yuri had been training him for two weeks he hasn't been as open to her and Tekoto as he has to Sakura and Naruto.  As he was about to stand up and get back to training Yuri stopped him with a question.

"Sasuke.  How was- did Kizashi treat Sakura right?" Yuri asked cautiously.  Sasuke could hear the small hope in her voice, and couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard the name of Sakura's father, but Sasuke could also understand why Yuri was asking this question. When the group first arrived Sakura didn't tell Yuri or Tekoto about her father. Yuri must've known that Sakura's dad had issues.

"No." He answered bluntly. "Sakura would come to training sessions injured, she said she had to sneak in the house late at night. It took a lot to convince Naruto and I to not go confront her father ourselves." Sasuke was surprised he even said that much. Yuri sighed and looked down at the grass sadly.

"I should've known my brother wouldn't change." She looked up at Sasuke. "After we lost our mom he began to get drunk. I tried to get him to stop but he wouldn't. This was all before I left the village. I don't know if it would have been better for Sakura if I took her with me when Tekoto and I disappeared, or if I left her there. She was only a baby at the time, but I think leaving her at the leaf village was the best option." Yuri said and she smiled at Sasuke.

"Why? Her father beat her!" He wouldn't admit it aloud but he didn't like that Sakura's father beat her for no reason. He didn't like the fact that Sakura didn't fight back either but he couldn't force her to.

"Since Sakura stayed in Konoha she got to meet people like you and Naruto who cared about her. She's become a strong young girl and I see a bright future ahead of her." Yuri said as she planted her katana in the ground and she leaned on it. "You care about her Sasuke. I can see it in the way you look at her. It's not the same as the way Naruto looks at her. Naruto sees her as a sister. And even though you may not know it yet you will in time." Yuri began to laugh heartily. "Well that's enough of my rambling, I say it's time we get back to training!"

Sasuke couldn't help but internally sigh. One moment this crazy woman was lecturing him, then the next she wants to train. This woman is defiantly related to Sakura.

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A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoy this update, and I hope you all have a good holiday weekend!

I do not own Naruto.

Peace out, Author-chan