Sora and Rika's training

I was ready and set for the attack to take place. I was rushing towards Kazuki with Rika, and I noticed before we did she had looked deeply into my eyes, and smiled, touching my shoulder softly. I could only smile back, as I knew this was a sign of affirmation, I could see the love for me as her sister, in her eyes, so deep and expressive. They were beautiful, and I knew it, I hoped she did. So, I nodded and smiled too, I didn't say that anything, I didn't want to spoil the moment.

I dashed with Rika with the signal towards Kazuki, and it was going to be an attempt to get the bell. I wished to start my training so badly. I wanted to get down to business, and stronger. I kept an eye on the katana though, it was precious to me, and if anyone, and I mean anyone, even my sister were to touch it, I would show no mercy. I held that sword from the moment he gave it to me, close to my heart, and even though I've only had it for a short amount of time, that time still meant a lot. And it would be there always, even when Kazuki was gone, but I did not want to think of such things because, it was morbid. I must stay focused and concentrated on the task, focus.

I then halted to a stop, as she put up her hand, and spotting something in the grass next to Kazuki, as I did as well. I wondered what it was, as we had both landed in a tree, and were watching over Kazuki asleep in the grass, as well as the brown thing. I stopped and thought for a moment, but nothing came to mind. I whispered to her. "But Rika-chan, now's the perfect opportunity. I mean I see the brown thing just as clearly as you, but I need, we need to get that bell..." I then after that listened to what she had to say, if anything, and wondered what was to happen next, after all this was my plan. And if she had nothing to say, then I would continue on.

kazuki rolled over in his sleep keeping hold of the bell in his hand.

After awhile of waiting of watching the brown thing she would look over at her sister and wink. She decided it was safe for them to move as she thinks then say's in mouthing at her sister. "Let's move out sister. But let's be careful" she would mouth as she would inch closer to kazuki being careful not to get trap in her own chakra cords.

As they would move out towards Kazuki she would keep the eye on the bell. She was planning on letting her sister get it so that way she wouldn't feel disappointed. After awhile she would lean over and whisper in her sister's ear "I am going burrow underground and wait to wake up Kazuki that way after you grab ahold of the bell." As she made handsigns and poof undergounrd. Rika made her way underground and go at kazuki standing right underneath him underground.

She would smile secretly then with being under Kazuki. For a few moment Rika would slip away from the test of kazuki's, into her mind thinking ~This is a ton of fun. I wonder what will be next with Kazuki. I hope it's more training for I would like to learn the wind element sometime.~ she would smile hugely then at that and shake her head underground bringing her attention back to her sister's and herself test at the moment.

As we were to set the plan in motion, we started up again, this time Rika added her own thoughts to this whole ordeal. I nodded in understand at her plan. I thought this might actually work, but Kazuki was a tricky one, and for that we had to be careful. The shadow clones and the chakra cords everything was set up and ready to go. Rika was underground, and somehow I sensed her mind was elsewhere. I wanted her to follow me. But stay a significant amount of distance away from Kazuki. It's true she could mask her chakra signal as well as I, but not so much enough underground that Kazuki wouldn't feel it. So as I started to walk, I sense little chakra surges through the ground for her to sense, and much to her surprise they each had little messages. I was comminating through chakra, new way of works, I can tell you that much.

As we slowly approached Kazuki, I sent one that said something like.. "Get your thoughts together Rika, I know you want to learn the wind element, and I'm sure Kazuki would be happy to oblige that request, but right now we need to focus on getting the bell. Follow me, by the little chakra signals I release. Make sure your chakra signal is always lined up with mine. Step where I step. And when I stop sending chakra signals, wait there, and mask your chakra, as well as I will too, and go in for the bell. That might actually work, and I was proud of myself for thinking it up. So we continued the plot. I released little chakra surges as I said I would for her to follow, that way she could follow me underground, and she knew the messages along with them. Suddenly, I stopped sending them as I was close to Kazuki and the bell. If she allowed for the plan I stated to her for to work, she would mask her chakra signal and wait there, while I would move in and mask mine as well, seeking to get that bell in my possession. I would be calm,as I went in slowly. I had to be, I couldn't screw this up.

'Alright here it goes, that bell is mine.. '

Kazuki's eyes shot open as sora attempted to grab the bell. Kazuki tensed the muscles in his arm as he crushed the bell in his hand right in front of his student. "Too bad.... the test is over now... you and rika......" Kazuki paused glaring at his student.

Popping up from underground she looks over at sensei and sister. "The test is over? Hm.... So did we pass or not?" She wonders about that very much as she walks over to her sensei and stares at him. She watches him glare and shivers a bit as she walks over to her sister then and stands next to her smiling. Rika was waiting for her sensei's conclusion to the test while she waited she was again on the mind thinking of the wind element.

I looked as he crushed the bell and awoke in front of my eyes, right there. He caught me in a dead zone.I looked mad, and at the same time, an "oh no" look crossed my eyes and face. I was expressive sometimes, actually most of the time, but I can hold composure when I seriously need to.

"What?! But, but Kazuki that wasn't fair! You just crushed the bell and declared the test over! You didn't give us a chance to show you what we can do as a team, and by my knowledge I think you will be impressed." I paused, I needed something to come to mind to say, when I got worried, I got mad, so this might have been a sign or a scene of what thats like when it happens. "Aren't you the one who said you believe in me, and of course Rika too? You believe in our power, our friendship, sisterhood and teamwork. Didn't you say you see a future, a bright one where we become great, strong, and just all around amazing ninjas? Didn't you?" Again, panting slightly, I paused... then continued. "Well the first step to getting there if you training us, and you said you would if we got the bell. We can't now since you crushed it. That's not fair! Hmph!" I was on a semi-angry rampage, but still listening to what Kazuki had to say, if anything. I couldn't comprehend why I was acting so petulant, but for some reason I was. I mean, I usually didn't do this, for now I felt the need to. I guess at heart I was a kid, and when kid's don't understand something, they get like this. x.x

"You two have showed that you are excelent ninja ^^. Unfortunatly I cannot say that you are at the level you two should be at. Though in this case you both pass." kazuki said smiling.
"this exercise was to get you two to work together and more importantly to show you that winning isn't everything. Sometimes letting your teammate get the glory of winning is the best thing for the group." Kazuki smiled

Touching her sister's shoulder as she listens to sensei she leans her head on her sister' shoulder. "Sister we pass, don't you get it. It was our teamwork that help us get this far, if we continue this up like sensei say's...." pausing for a moment she turns and looks in her sister's beautiful eyes again. "We could grow our power to a whole new level even more." she would snicker and smile as she turn back to kazuki.

"Kazuki it was a tricky test but I figure out that teamwork is the best thing to have in your training. I want to grow stronger as you say but with teamwork. The only teammate I wish to ever have here is my sister. Please train us to be like you kazu-senpai." she would plead with her bright eyes and smiling big at Kazuki as she thinks....

~This will be the only way I can get to train my wind element. I feel our sensei could teach me powerful moves with my elements. That is if I stay focus on training the way I have been and stay with it. Which I will, this I promise you my family and friends. When I go back to leaf village, I will be ready to take the chuunin exam's.~ she would again shake her head and bring her attention to the real world, not her mind.

Kazuki smiled and broke out laughing at the determination of his students as they reminded him so much of himself as a young ninja. "It would be an honor.. First though I will have to make you both stronger and faster that way you wont have to rely to much on your chakra in order to get yourself out of danger ^^." Kazuki said as he ran to his tent pulling out what looked to be ankle and wrist weights.

Watching him run to his tents and hearing what he say's she grins as she does some more warm up's. She was ready for anything that Sensei throw at her determine to get the training that she needed.... She was going show brother she was stronger when she return to leaf village by challenging him to a training spar just to show off her moves. "Be ready brother for when I return." she thinks as the wind starts to blow in the area and she goes punching a tree. She then shakes her hand feeling numbness in her hand sighing with calmness still in her sigh.

I heard the words saying 'You pass', and my face instantaneously brightened up with a smile. "YEAAA HAHAHAAA!!! I PASSED! WE PASSED!" I exclaimed with overbearing joy and happiness. I couldn't believe that we had passed it, and I knew those morals he stated to be true already. Though I had to make one thing clear. I would not want to spoil this mood I was in. YAHOO! Yes! I passed!

"Some things I will say though, thank you for everything Kazuki-sensei, for training us, and for being there for me, as not only a teacher but a close friend as well. And Rika, always holding you in my heart is the least, the best thing I could do for you. My sister, we have a special bond which can't be broken and is true. And, as I say these words, and we continue to work together, get stronger, and grow... I want you to be as close to me as you are now, forever my sister, I know." I paused and thought a moment more. I know that she wanted to learn the air/wind element badly, and I had no doubt that Kazuki would teach us many good things. But, if she really wanted to learn that badly, then I could have taught her a little of what I know. Though my wind jutsu was some minor ninjutsu techniques which I hoped to expand on, as well as Taijutsu. Genjutsu was definitely one of my specialties as well, and I couldn't wait to become stronger, and prove the whole world out there who doubted me, wrong. I will be the strongest kunoichi ever, and the world will know my power.

"Though I'd like to state one thing to you Kazuki-sensei. I happen to know those morals already you have stated, it's just that Rika and I, you see, we're not used to working with one another which is why you doubt our power levels. But apart we're much stronger than if together. There's is only one occurance where our power levels together work in harmony so, that a new and stronger power level is created. IF I may demonstrate..?" I asked, and then looked back into my sister's wondrous eyes as well, trying to control the little bit of blushing on my face. My eyes sparkled with innocence, as so did my sister's, and for a moment there I thought this was never going to end. This journey we call life. Going through it with my sister is the only thing I wanted, and the only thing I truly desired. Laying in ground, dead next to my sister, only to be hopefully reborn again, and we shall meet, and become great friends, close, and sister-like as well once more. But that was a morbid topic for now, so I just focused on showing Kazuki something, I found amazing. I held out my hands, asking for her's, and concentrating my energy into my hands for the time being. This was one sight you did not want to miss.

"Watch this Kazuki-sensei." I stated with a smirk, closing my eyes and concentrating. Before I closed my eyes, they were just a plain old bluish gray color. I had closed them to concetrate, and once at a time when I felt I wanted to reopen them, one would be gray (the left one.) and the other blue. (the right one.) Of course, I did not notice, just kept trying for this technique to work. And sure enough it was probably going to, so long as she gave me her hands and did the same on her part.

So sister your wanting to show him the technique then hm? Well that's fine. smirking as she channels the lightening element that she gain from her buuji and her dark element. Rika grab her sister's hands as the two elements swirl around the sister's hands together and twisted together up their arms. The wind started to blow harder as the sky grew dark clouds and lightening started to flash though the sky's. The next thing that happen is that a glowing light started to shine on the ground as the fallen angel that they summon once before came down and went to us.

The fallen angel then would speak out "Hello again my friend's." as the she-wolf would bow to us then went back up in the glowing light hovering above us. Rika would smile up at the fallen angel as she would swirl her lightening elements some more as lightening start to strike at the grounds around them. The rain would start to fall down below us as she would look into her sister's eyes. "Activate your xzeno eyes now! It's the perfect time to!" Rika yell out in the wind as she would start to shake as more elements pour out and the main elements around her sister's hand starts to crawl up her arm she watches.

I smiled, reopening my eyes when the angel came down, glowing above us. The change in weather I welcomed and I began to notice. The weather were assets of my sister and I. The lightning, wasn't just her element she had gained from the bijuu, but my determination and anger, my fight for to be the best and strongest. The thunder might be both of us as we both know how to make the other's world, as well as the world in general shake. (The people whom we become friends with.) The rain is from all the tears we cried when we were younger. Me finding out that my parents were dead, and having to live separate always away from that something missing in my life. That of which was Rika. I did not feel empty anymore, and the light and dark element mixing symbolizing how we finally found one another. And how together we, the forces of us, may become unstoppable if trained into harmony with, in sync with the other's power. The fallen angel represented that we were finally together, and that nothing, ever was going to tear us apart. Our love so strong for our sisterly bond it reaches all the way to the heavens above our heads, just as the fallen angel symbolizes we have reached it. "Kazuki are you impressed?" That's right my Xzeno eyes! My main element was light, and so I looked into it. Light, true meaning of it and to me. I hold that light deep with in my heart, as if it were a candle burning, fueling my neverending passion. My drive and strive to accomplish my goals and dreams, my innocence can only be compared to that of the sun's light, and the light power I have within me. The light is an element which symbolizes goodness, and purity, and as so I have learned these things, let them become apparent. Let me express them, let them show through and by the most powerfully expressive part of my body, my eyes.

I closed my eyes while thinking all that to myself. I opened my eyes. I chose my left eye. My right eye remained blue, and my left eye was one of the Xzeno eyes, that my sister had just taught me how to use. I opened them and looked Rika straight in her eyes as well, looking for a meaning, and finding, sisterly love.. that of which cannot be broken apart. And of course friendship, for if twins are not friends, then the world is at risk. My twin sister, and I, close as ever possible.

As she looks into her sister's eyes she watches the light element settled into her xzeno eyes filling it with a pale yellow look. She smiles knowing her sister has accomplished the xzeno eye and now has the bloodline. Though they both don't know much about it she knew she could bring up the xzeno eye levels along with her sister. Both by each other side's. "This is so awesome"

Rika says this out loud as she keeps her hands attach to Sora. She then shift's her eyes over at Kazuki seeing if he was watching. She was so sure this was a powerful way of them. She could feel her heartbeat beating as fast as her sister's. Rika hope that one day they could go destroying bad ninjas together on of these days.

After awhile she would let go of the hand's breaking the connection and fall down to her knee's. "Getting hungry...." she thinks as her eyes blinks looking up at her sister. The sky's started to return to normal as she blinks and then falls backwards looking up at the sky smiling knowing she was almost out of chakra from using so much of it.

kazuki ran over to rika and placed a pillow under her head. "Its okay young one you two really impressed me." kazuki said while smiling. Kazuki glancedover at sora with a proud expression on his face seeing their power. "Hmm the two of them combined almost compare to 1/4 of my full power.... I am going to need to be very very careful" Kazuki thought to himself.

I looked at my sister, and then sighed, one day she will have to get better at her chakra control is all I could think of. I stood there panting, a little tired myself, I wanted to faint and go to sleep too, but I held my composure, I was good at doing that and then slowly recovering, that could be a useful skill to use during battle. I smiled back at Kazuki as he did look at me. I wondered what he was thinking.

"So what'd you think Kazuki-sensei? How'd we do?" I looked wanting an answer from him. Eventually we'd have to get my sister up, and have her eat something, she looked starved, and somehow I felt what she was feeling. Hungry as well. So, I panting a little only slightly still. Slowly catching my breath, I asked Kazuki for the ingredients to make something for both my sister and I to eat. And then we would begin training, I couldn't wait to be stronger. I just couldn't wait!

'I'm on my way to becoming a Sannin, yeah, here I come.. ' I thought.

"hehe i came prepared with food dont worry." kazuki said tossing two riceballs to sora as he started eating one himself. "In due time I will show you two my true power. Kazuki thought to himself as he smiled eating his meal.

I smiled and caught the riceballs with my hands. My eyes shined brightly with innocence and I was ready and determined for the long road ahead. I was to fulfill my destiny, and along with all the journies at hand ,become stronger. I couldn't wait.

"Right." I nodded, wondering how to get my sister up.

She would turn over in her sleep after kazuki put the pillow under her pillow with a smile on her face. Rika was dreaming of the days when her sister and her travel together as strong jounin's or even being kage's. As well she was dreaming of food in her dreams for she was hungry, you could hear her stomach rumbling in her sleep. A loose giggle was let out from her mouth in her sleep as well.

I heard the giggle, and blushed. Giggles I always happened to think were cute, especially when coming from a girl. I mean my sister asleep, how much more beautiful could she get under the sun's light anyway? I watched her sleep, and heard her stomach growl as well. Then a smile crossed her lips, she must be having a good dream, I thought.

"Well looks like little miss Rika is awake over here." I smiled, and for once, I started to giggle as well. I stood over her, blocking the sun from her face, and giving it shade, as the shadowy figure appeared over her, that would be me. I had a full riceball in my hands, and a half eaten one. I wanted her to walk up and give this full one to her. And so I waited for her to realize I was there, and then I would give her the ball.

As she rolls back over and stares upwards opening her eyes she would see a shadow. One of her sister's and she was holding food. Rika would sit up and look up at her sister holding up her hand as she smile and sightly turn pink. She knew no one would approve of her crush on her own sister so she kept it as secret. She waited for the item in her sister's hand and as she does she would bite her wrist hard as she watches the blood come out of the wrist.

Rika then takes a lick of the blood from her wrist enjoying the taste of it. Hm, I wonder how my sister will react to this. It's just a test to me, but she might think of it being more. Then she would giggle again still sightly pink. As she look back at the sunlight enjoying the warmness of the sun having her energy back somewhat.

I smiled as she sat and woke up. I noticed the color change in her face, it was visible, clear as day to me. But then again I could just have really good eyes. Was she blushing or..? She probably was, the slight pinkish color in her face, made my face turn slightly redder as well. I mean, I was already blushing from her giggles, and now her blushing, and then other giggles... they were all too much. I handed her the riceball and sat down there next to her, eating mine as well. I then caught sight of her blood rushing out from her wrist. I gave her her riceball, and as I sat down, began to look a little faint or nausceous. I closed my eyes in fear, I hated blood, it really wasn't my forte. Her giggle, just made me blush. And I was beginning to become a master of reading all of her emotions, but there was only the one I found confusing, love. I could never read that one, and so I was clueless, oblivious to it. I rubbed my head.

"Rika, I know that that may not gross you out, but it does me, so eat the riceball and try to stop bleeding and making your sister almost faint would ya'?" ^^''. I looked at her with a semi afraid look now. That was one of my weaknesses, my fear of blood. And, so I looked at her eyes, sparkling in the sunlight, as I finished my riceball. I began to strike a conversation with her, I deemed it necessary to. "So, Rika, may I ask what is it you like about me? I mean, as a sister." I asked, wanting to know, and looking at her with eyes of innocence and kindness. So, what was this feeling I got whenever I was near her? Could it be that she did have a feeling of admiration towards me? Like she looked up to me, well I had hoped so, and that it was nothing different. But even if it was, I would still have been open and understanding about it. I took her hand in mine, as she ate. And sent some light energy into her palm, I had hoped she would feel that, and that it would cure the wrist bleeding, just a guess. I smiled once more, and would listen to her answer. My sister, always in my heart.

I paused once more and then asked her another question. "Oh yeah and why are you blushing?" I continued to smile and let out another small giggle.

She would take the riceball and started eating it. Rika would hear her sister's questions for sure but she wasn't sure how to answer them. Especially the one that askes "Why are you blushing?" she heard a small giggle after that question. Rika thinks about why exactly she would want those type of questions answer. She shrug's her shoulder's as she prepares to answer those question's.

Rika open her mouth then closes it thinking for a second. ~Wait, I don't exactly have reason for the blushing. It just appears there or else its something else causing it. Maybe that'll be what I'll say to her about the blushing, nothing else around it.~ After this thinking of silence she would smirk and proceed to answer her sister's questions.

"Well I'll stop the bleeding for now, but you'll have to get use to the sight of blood okay sister? It's just a way I am helping you try to overcome your fear. Look's like it'll take more than that." she pauses for a moment as she thinks about her next question ~So what do you think of me as a sister so far?~ She decided she knew how to answer that question so she proceed to say....

"Well I like you best for your tom boyish, its really awesome to be able to show your own true nature. Like me being girly, and you being tom boyish. Then another thing I like about you is your personality. It is sweet because it is sort of similar to mine except something added towards it. I don't really know how to explain it..... um plus there is your honestly, you let me know that you wanted me to stop the bleeding in my wrist." she giggles as she pauses thinking if there is anything else to tell you before proceeding to the next question.

"Well I think this is pretty much it for you except for the blushing question which I don't really have a reason for." giggling she quickly says afterwards... "So tell me what do you think of me as a sister so far?" As she holds her wrist up showing a clear wound from where she peck her teeth in it at her sister.

I was looking down through that whole answer, and I smiled with the words that were coming to my ears from her mouth, and voice. The vocal chords that spoke to me, only to be known as my sister's. I didn't look up just yet. I seemed to be playing with some article of clothing on me, some kind of accessory, maybe my necklace. My special necklace I always held close to my heart. It was boyish, but I liked it, I guess I was truly a guy on the inside and you can't help but be who you are. I had to think up an answer to her answers hehe.

"We're like opposites and that I like. That makes us an unbeatable team, and sooner or later no one will be able to stop us, if I can get stronger. On top of that, I am the way I am. I don't usually keep thoughts hidden if it's someone close to me, and well the thing that they're doing either frightens me, or I just don't like it. And moreover, I don't like to see my sister hurt herself, or becoming hurt." I rubbed the back of my head, thinking of what to say next. "Well still nonetheless, I thank you for all of your words. But this fear I won't get over, it's a natural fear, and it's a phobia. A persisting fear. I can't look at blood, I am terribly, deathly petrified by the sight of blood. So, trying to help me get over my fear won't help. But thanks much for trying."

I then looked up and saw her holding up her wrist. As I look upon it, my breathing became labored, as if I was panting. I was almost have an anxiety attack. I am still afraid of that no matter what. I looked away, blushing crimson, and tried not to look at her wrist. When I decided to look up again, I looked straight into her eyes, and saw them shining in the sun with innocence. I looked into them and tried to see what emotion she was feeling, but I couldn't tell, why wasn't I able to read it? As for the blushing answer, I smirked, me still with the crimson color on my face, and then turned to her and let out my words.

"Well normally, blushing is the result of embarrassment of it's because you like someone. Like a crush on someone, but since there is nothing to be embarrassed about, is there someone you like perhaps?" I couldn't help blush too, it's because of embarrassment of both my fear, and well I did think my sister was cute. Her girly way, always got me to blush as well as her giggles. I didn't have a crush on her, but I did think she was cute, as I have stated. I awaited her answer, as I sat there, also waiting for her to finish her riceball. The sun was bright and resilent in the way it shined down, immediately making it hot.

I then started to think to myself for a minute. 'I will be stronger than you will ever know. Rika, I will protect you..' I caught wind though of her other question and decided to answer.

"And as for what I think of you." I paused thinking, she did say I was honest, which added to my bravery, and so in turn I did let out my true thoughts, which led to my feelings. It doesn't matter to me what she thought of my answers, if they were negative. So I just let it all hang free. "To be honest, this is what I think of you so far. I think you're one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life. You have filled that empty space of which I once knew to be ever missing. You are my twin sister which means I know you'll protect me as I promise to do that for you. You're gentle, like a flower, and good hearted, always willing to go out of your way to help someone out. And, to be honest, you're really cute." My blush still remaining crimson as I looked down and started playing with my necklace again, after that I spoke softly.

"Sorry if my thoughts, or answers disturb you, but I am only speaking the truth to you, I would not lie. I do not lie."