Phoenix Fire (Book 2/6 of the Phoenix of Konoha series)

Sibling Training

~Gaara's P.O.V.~

Emi.. "I'm up against her next. This..... might be a little tricky. I'm not entirely sure I'm ready to face her yet Sighing, I walk to an empty spot on the field me, Temari, and Kankuro were given for our Chunin Exams preparation and just stand there for a few minutes. Funny, I don't think I've ever needed to train before a fight before....... Yet, If I hope to defeat Emi, then I must. Now I just pray I have the resolve to actually hurt her......

~Emi's. P.O.V~

I traveled the streets of Konoha. I was thinking about my training and decided I wanted to train with my brothers and sister next. Sending a message to Temari saying I wanted to meet, I found out they were using Training Ground 5.

When I arrived, I looked around. Neither Temari nor Kankuro were there, only Gaara training by himself. am I early? I looked around, and heard a bark behind me. I turn and Clay is sitting on the ground looking at me with his big brown eyes. I knelt beside him.

"I told you to stay with Sasuke." I scolded him. He barked in response and walked up to me. I scratched behind his ears, and he had a huge doggy grin on his face.

"Who's a good boy?" I ask. He starts panting. "Yes! You are!" I say. I grab a stick and stand up. He looks at it with his big eyes. "You want it?" I ask. "You want it?" he starts barking and getting excited. I throw the stick, and Clay charges after it. He stumbles over his own feet for a moment, almost hitting the ground, but gets back up and grabs the stick.

"Wow." I hear. "He sure is cute." Temari comes up to stand next to me, crouching down to Clay's level. "Is he yours?"

"Yep!" I say proudly. "His name is Clay, and he's mine and Sasuke's bundle of mischief." Clay barks, and sniffs her hand.

"Oh?" she asks, petting him. "You and Sasuke huh?" she smirked. I grinned.

"Yup! We're pretty serious too"

Temari shook her head in disappointment. "Damn, you get all the cute ones huh? Well, there goes that idea then."

She straightens up, standing. "Hey, I got an idea; you should train with us sometimes. Not Grumps over there of course, but me and Kankuro"

My grin widened." I actually came over to ask you the same thing"

"Great." she says leading me to the center of the training area, close to where Gaara was.

I wonder why he's training? I ask myself. Is it because of me? I sigh. Well if it is because of me, I'll just have to get stronger. I stand at the ready watching Temari as she took her giant fan off her back. "Ready?" she asks. I nod.

"Alright. Im going to show you a wind style." Temari says. She tosses me her fan. "Lets begin." she says, her eyes were hard.

~3rd person~

Emi worked on the new Jutsu for three-to-four hours. "Wind Style; Wind Scythe!" she yells. A small gust of wind came from the fan as she swung it.

"AGGGGHHHHHH!" she yells. "I can't do it!"

"You have to relax, Emi." Temari says. "You'll get it eventually. You just have to have practice."

"Yeah, you can't just expect to learn something right away." Kankuro states. "It takes time."

"I guess so.." Emi replies. She looks at the sky. "Its almost Sundown."

"mmmm...lets keep working at it until Sunset, then we'll head back to the village." Temari says.

"Ok." Emi replies.

They go back at it for another hour. Finally, Emi drops to the ground panting. Clay runs up barking and sniffs her. He whines. "Dawww, I'm okay Clay." Emi says, scratching him behind his ears. He barks again, and stands beside her. She picks him up and places him in her lap. He lays there, content.

"You did a pretty good job, Emi." Kankuro praises. "That was amazing."

"Thanks, Kankuro." Emi says, smiling. "I think I got pattern down for the Jutsu. I just have to practice and I'll have it mastered in no time!" Kankuro nods.

"Right." .