amethyst solitary (naruto u.)

commitment

Manaka fluttered her eyes open, confusion deliberately crawling onto her visage once sensing her head was well rested against a broad surface.

In a matter of seconds, she crept her hazed head to the side and blinked, inspecting the black and orange fabric that randomly shielded her sight.

"Hm?" She moaned as she squeezed her eyes rather tight, clearing up the blurriness irritating her sight.

Vacantly glancing down and perceiving the position she was currently in, her eyes watched two black sandals beneath her strode leisurely within confusion.

Oblivious to her, this broad surface she presumed actually happened to belong to a person's chest, carrying her weight while maneuvering amongst the golden beige cement. She spared a look, albeit consumed with nothing but nefelibata, before eventually coming to her senses and leisurely connecting the dots: She was being held by a complete stranger.

Once the thought processed through her head, her eyes widened and hands started punching the incoherent figure chest in an uncontrollable manner.

"Pervert! Let go of me you pervert!" Manaka wailed, causing groans to emit out of the boy's mouth.

"Ow! Hey! Cut it out, it's me chill!" Naruto stumbled, eventually releasing her. He held onto his aching abdomen and yelled. "What's the matter with you?!"

"Pardon me for not wanting to be taken away again!" Manaka exclaimed, wrapping her arms around her chest. "And who gave you permission to carry me without my consent?!"

"For the last time, I'm not kidnapping you! Besides, you were partially unconscious so I had no choice but to carry you to the hospital! Better that than staying fainted alone in the woods!"

Not even seconds passed and everything came back, crashing into her head like a rogue wave. She covered her mouth with her palms as her stern pupils fled from the expanded whites of her eyes, enveloping nothing but dismay and intrigue.

'The spell he made! He's- what did he say? A ninja? But how?!'

On a scale from one to ten, the chances of being a ninja is below zero! Well, shinobis had existed at one point, at least that's what the textbooks in Manaka's history class had interpreted.

But having a strange power to use for their mercenary benefits was just out of the extraordinary!

The copies of him...just what the hell was that?!

"S-So you're a ninja?" She spoke out.

"Yup!" He exclaimed.

"Okay," she gulped, lowering her arms to her sides, "But how did you do that? Like the clones to be precise."

Naruto crossed his arms. "Easy, by formulating chakra."

Manaka pinched her brows. "How?"

Naruto's face instantly flickered to bewilderment. Does she actually not know or is she really that dense?

"Were you never taught chakra control at an academy?"

"Chakra control? All I know is that Chakra is used mainly for meditation in yoga, not for some supernatural abilities!" She asserted.

"True, but Chakra can also be used in various styles, especially for a ninja wanting to perform a jutsu."

She arched her head to the side. "Perform a jutsu?"

"Well, Chakra is activated by forming hand signs. With that being said, jutsu wrings out and combines through physical and spiritual energies."

'That kind of makes sense...in a way...but still, what is a jutsu?'