When The Sun Shines (A Reika Namikaze Story) Book 1

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I am currently sitting on the couch at home after a long day of training with Tobirama. Reita is laying in my lap with tears picking at the corner of her eyes as I gently run my fingers through her red hair. I bring my focus forward to the fireplace that crackles in front of us before closing my eyes.

I take a deep breath in smelling the burning wood. Pine. It is a lovely smell. It reminds me of mom. She smelled like pine. I focus on that smell as I think back and meditate on past events.

It has been several months since I had woke up in that hospital. Even longer since I had put that sun seal on my chest. It hums its own melody. Truly like a dam, it holds the unbalanced chakra at bay for the time being.

The water element surprisingly came easy to me. It didn't take long for me to understand and grasp what water is exactly or how to mold it.

I remember sitting on a wooden plank outside the village on a lake with a waterfall behind me while Tobirama alongside Hashirama stood on the banks watching.

"In order to use the water affinity properly, you need to understand exactly what water is." Tobirama commented while I was running my fingertips over the top of the water.

"It is the very essence of life. Without water there would be no wind. It's calming yet dangerous. It brings life and death." I stated as I felt the ripples in the water. "The soothing nature of water calls to some, while others are drawn to its dangers. The waves, the rushing adrenaline when you're caught in a storm. Without the storm, there is no lightning. Without lightning, the soil on the land would never be fertilized by the flames it creates." I stated.

I infused a bit of chakra into the water making a small splash. I was trying to stop the droplets before they landed. Tuning in on the way the water hit, how it sounded. How it moved. The stillness, then the fall nearby. How it causes the raging river above to come to a sudden stop.

I thought of the rain, the coolness in the air. The moisture, I heard thunder booming over head causing Tobirama to snap his head up. I thought of the hydrogen atom combining with the two oxygen atoms. The weight of said rain before it falls. I heard a gasp as it began pouring. Soaking both of us as I opened my eyes looking up.

"Well, I was not expecting this." He whispered. Hashirama was looking in awe as he had made a small canopy over himself.

I infused my chakra as I noted how each water droplet I could slow them down. I kept doing so until they slowed enough I could magnify what I see through the water.

"Water is not just an external life force. It's in our blood." I stated thinking of Kakashi. I really wanted to know how he was. Suddenly, the water formed a wall in front. An image of Kakashi speaking to my dad stood in front. Tobirama came standing next to me. I couldn't hear them at all.

"Well, you know water better than most. You'll need to work on this, but it seems you have a storm release, Reika. A kekei genkai unique only to yourself." He stated as I watched.

Kakashi seemed to be bleeding while he stood with my dad. "We need to get back." I stated undoing the jutsu.

He did the hand signs answering, "It will take a few days if we leave now like this." I looked up as Hashirama made hand signs for a jutsu before a poof of smoke appeared and a small wooden bird took its place.

"And if we run?" I spoke quietly watching while Tobirama quickly wrote something in a scroll.

He handed the scroll to the wooden bird and it disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Sundown."

I nodded my head standing up before we took off at a sprint. We ran so fast, I believe we may have broken a record as we ran through the gates. He stopped to tell the guards as I ran to the Hokage tower. I jumped to the window and barged in not even bothering to open the window as I quickly asked, "What happened?"