"Hm..." I thought. "There's something she isn't telling me..."
"Right." I said holding the water balloon in my left hand. I closed my eyes and began to concentrate the water spinning in one direction. Then the next, then a third, then a fourth. However I couldn't quite get it to spin in all the directions at once.
"Hnyugh.."
"Come ON!" I thought. "I HAVE to master this Jutsu..."
I concentrated harder and harder, and suddenly I began to feel the chakra blades nearing my finger tips again, and I stopped, in order to avoid popping another balloon pointlessly.
Even though she felt terrible after that little flashback, Ketsueki fixed on a warm smile and took out another water bomb from the bag. She then held it up in her left hand as she took another with her right hand, holding them both up.
"Sekibaku-san, before no time you will be able to do this." In almost a split second, the two water balloons rotated extremely fast and popped simultaneously, "But first you need to master chakra control in each hand on their own. If it helps, use your other hand as support."
"I realize..." I said "I just had to stop before my Chakra Blades extended themselves again."
I held the water balloon up to my face and thought for a moment.
"Hm... usually my chakra control is great, but now... something isn't quite right."
I tried rotating the water in the balloon again, however this time I used Naruto Uzumaki's technique, using my right hand to add some extra chakra from a different source, forcing the water to move in different directions.
'Pop!' and this balloon too had burst.
"Hm... not good enough," I muttered, "I have to be able to do this in one hand if I ever want to use Rasenrengan or Twin Rasengan..."
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"Yes I noticed, because otherwise, I would only have been using one hand." I said.
I fetched another water balloon and put it in my left hand. Once again I started channeling chakra into my palm, this time holding my right hand behind my back, to resist the temptation of using it.
Just as expected the water spun and spun. However this time it did begin to go in more than just one direction. Slowly but surely the balloon began to bulge. More bulges appearing on all sides, and after some intense chakra control the balloon finally popped, and the water went spinning everywhere splashing the 19th Kazekage in the face.
"Sorry Lady Kazekage. It seems I overdid it a bit." I said, smirking.
The Kazekage held in an annoyed growl and chuckled lightly instead.
"Hey, Hey, since you have seemed to get the hang of it, I feel giving you a little challenge. Pay back for the face splash." Ketsueki stated as she put a balloon in each of Sekibaku's hands, "Good, now I want you to rotate the chakra flow in the left one, right and in the right one, left. Also, at the same time... you have to watch me eating a bag of cookies."
Ketsueki then took out a small bag of cookies from her equipment pouch and opened them.
"Now get training, kid."
I narrowed my eyes and hissed. I didn't like being called a kid... She was only four years my senior anyway. But no matter, looked at the balloons, and concentrated on my right hand, then I looked up in order to meet the requirements for the Kazekage's challenge.
I made the water in the right balloon spin left with ease, the hard part was to make the water in the left balloon spin in the opposite direction. I stood there watching Ketsueki as she was eating her cookies, whilst focusing on my hands. In the beginning I could only make the water in my left hand spin left as well, but after a while it gradually slowed down and began to spin in the right direction.
"I got it Lady Kazekage." I said as I relaxed my hands. "By the way, it wasn't that difficult considering I don't particularly like cookies."
I smirked.
Ketsueki smirked cruelly at the remark.
"Good." She said as she took out a photograph, folded and slightly torn in places,before placing it on the boy's lap, "Switch directions kid, and focus on this picture with your eyes."
She then opened the picture to show it was a crime scene photo of Ketsueki's murdered father with a picture of Ryuu clipped beside it.
When I saw the picture, it felt like I was being stabbed through the heart. The scene reminded me of the murder of my own father, however I clenched my teeth and picked up the two water balloons. Once again I shut my eyes for a moment as I began channeling chakra into my palms again, then I reopened them and looked at the photo.
Again, the pain seared in my chest and I felt a tear coming to my right eye. However I continued to channel the chakra in to my hands.
As the water in the right balloon spun right, the water in the left balloon also spun right. I was getting angrier and angrier, with myself being unable to spin the water in my left hand left, and at the memories of my father's murder. Suddenly, I let out a burst of chakra and for a split second the water in the left balloon went left before both balloons spun out of my hands before hitting the ground and smashing. Splashing the ground.
I stood, panting. Then I fell to my knees, clutching my chest before falling all the way down on to my face. As I gradually fell unconscious the memories flooded in to my head, and a tear rolled down my face on to the warm sand. After that, everything was dark.
"Hey, Hey, wake up, c'mon now, wake up." Ketsueki's soothing voice echoed down into Sekibaku's ear. She had been doing it for the past two hours and it was getting annoying, "Kid, wake up, wake up kid. C'mon Seki-san, wake up."
"Hey Sekibaku! Don't worry son. One day you will be Hokage of this village."
"Father! No..!"
"Sekibaku Sikinara. Th. Weakling. Look at you. Weeping. You're never going to be Hokage. You are going to die like your father just did..."
"Sekibaku wake up!" Ketsueki's voice was breaking through the memories.
"Sekibaku! Wh what? Is that father? NOOO!"
"SEKIBAKU WAKE UP!"
I woke up and found myself lying on my back, looking in to the Kazekage's face. I sat up and clutched my forehead.
"Nnhh." I groaned, "Wh- what happened?" I asked.
Ketsueki sighed in relief.
"You've been out cold for 2 hours now. You succeeded with the reverse flows, once you are alright and ready, I'll move you onto the next task, the rubber ball." She said with a smile, deliberately leaving out that little trip to memory lane, "So you have a good sleep, kid?"
"Not particularly." I mumbled as I got up, the image of that rogue Sound Ninja still in my head. I groaned and clutched my head again. It was aching quite badly.
"I have a headache." I said. "A few more minutes rest, and I will be ready to continue."
I sat back down and closed my eyes, trying to suppress the memories.
Ketsueki sighed slight annoyance. She didn't know how long her patience could last with this kid. It was annoying.
"Kid, I didn't want to do this, but you leave me absolutely no choice. Besides, I need a break any ways." Ket said as her hands glowed green and she poked some particular points on the boy's skull, "Back to the past jutsu!"
Suddenly he was reliving his worst nightmare, only this time, Ketsueki stood right by his side.
"Wha- NO!" I screamed just as I fell into the Genjutsu.
I stood unable to move, watching myself talking to my father. Suddenly there was a loud 'BANG' and we were both knocked to the ground. A Sound Ninja stepped out from a nearby bush and said:
"Aha! I finally caught you Helikasu. Looks like my life as a missing-nin can finally begin!" he yelled as he threw a kunai straight at my father's neck. His aim was true and my father died instantly.
"Father! No..!" I shrieked.
"Sekibaku Sikinara. Th. Weakling. Look at you. Weeping. You're never going to be Hokage. You are going to die like your father just did..." the Sound Ninja uttered.
Suddenly, my sister, Tyrigenji, appeared in the distance running towards us. When the sound ninja saw her he raced off.
"Sekibaku! Wh What? Is that father? NOOO!" She screamed as she fell on his body. We both wept for a long time, until I got up and I said with an unsurpassable anger:
"The sound will pay for this. They will not get away with it. I swear to avenge you, father, even if it costs me my life. Do you hear me whoever you are?!? YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR YOUR CRIME!"
Then everything faded out and I returned to the world. The Genjutsu had faded.
"Why... Why did that have to happen?" I said, my voice trembling. "Lady Kazekage, why did you have to show me that again?"
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