Half-Truth and Actual Training...

"Umm, Konan, there's something I need to tell you about myself..." Yokoji said to her, he was worried about how she might take it so he was thinking about a way to bend the truth. He couldn't say he met God after all.

"None of that matters right now, look your bleeding!!" Konan said, still worried about his bleeding hand.

She really did not want to see Yokoji hurt, to her he was now her everything. She could literally not imagine a world without him in it. Konan was truly bonded to him now, more than any other has in her life. She believed that she now loved him even more than her own parents.

"No, don't worry about it, it's just a flesh wound. Plus I need to do this, it-it's part of my bloodline." Yokoji told her, worried she might see through his lie.

"B-but why do you need to hurt yourself for it?" Konan asked him, making him relieved that she bought it.

"My family has three secret arts, passed down to the younger generation." He said to Konan. Yokoji was going to try and pass off his wishes as a bloodline power.

Konan looked at him in shock. She did not know many things about people with bloodline powers, only that they are a lot stronger than the average human. That's why they normally become ninjas. And since Yokoji says he has 3, that would make him 3 times more powerful than them.

These thoughts ran in her mind. It made her worry as she was afraid she wouldn't be able to protect him anymore. And that he would just get rid of her, seeing her as a waste.

Yokoji, seeing the sad look on Konan's face realised what it was about immediately. He has become better at reading her over the past day, making it so that he could know what she was thinking just by her expression.

This was a talent in his past life as well. He was really good at reading people. He could have made a lot of money on it but he spent most of his days in his room watching anime and reading novels. You know, doing useful things.

"Don't worry, my bloodline isn't as great as others, most of the abilities it granted me can only work best when with others or for auxiliary things. For example, my bloodline gives me perfect chakra control, that's what allows me to pick up certain things faster than others." Yokoji tried comforting her. Either way, she also had that talent with paper, she could easily best most ninjas when she gets to her prime.

Still looking partly depressed, Konan looked up at Yokoji wondering what his other two bloodline abilities would be, and why he needed to drain his blood because of them.

"Another of my abilities gives me a much greater connection to water, I feel that it is a part of me, like another limb," Yokoji explained to her, seeing her so curious. Either way, he doubted she would tell others about this now that they had the weird chakra connection.

He was right of course, as in Konan's mind she was already committing herself to keep all of this secret, even if it cost her, her life. Yet at the same time, she wondered if the feeling she had with paper was a bloodline ability. It was the same as what Yokoji just said.

Pondering over these thoughts she finally asked Yokoji the reason as to why he had to drain his blood.

Sighing Yokoji started to explain.

"My blood also has special properties in a way. It will make it so that people from my clan will never die from age, we can keep our youthful bodies as they would stay the same when we reach the age of 20. Yet at the same time, if we willingly give our blood to another we give them the same ability. However, this will cause an unbreakable bond between the person who gave the blood and the one who drank it."

"I truly love you Konan, I didn't want to make this connection with you yet, but since we were already bonded I wondered i-"

"Yes!" Konan shouted, cutting him off. She already guessed what was happening when he talked about his blood giving others their power. Why else would he have cut himself?

"But do you have to give it to me in a cup?" Konan asked Yokoji with a weird expression on her angelic face.

"No..." Yokoji said, wondering why she would ask, was she having second thoughts already?

Yet before Yokoji knew it, Konan had already lifted his hand.

Her tongue licked over his fresh wound. Tickling his flesh.

Yokoji felt a shiver go down his spine at the thought and feeling of Konan licking his hand. He enjoyed her touch, and she enjoyed the feeling he gave her.

His blood ran down her throat, as she started to suck on the cut. Making Yokoji almost groan at the sight of her. Konan seemed to enjoy the feeling the blood gave her, as she started to suck on his injury with more power.

Suddenly she let out a moan, as his blood gave her the ability and the bond to Yokoji. She felt their connection grow even stronger. At this point, she knew in her heart, that she was his. No matter what he did, she would stick by him.

No matter how he used her she would enjoy it. All she wanted now was to be with him and only him. They will be together in life and in death. She made this commitment in herself, knowing that she would literally follow him to the end of the world if he asked her to.

No longer did she wonder why he brought her in, no longer did she wonder why he did so much for her. She felt it all, the emotions he felt when he first met her. The joy, the love...

She didn't question how but she knew that he loved her with his heart, and he knew that she loved him with hers.

Yokoji felt the same emotions that she felt when she first met him: wonder, hope, and even a small amount of love already. She wondered who this person was who saved her, how did he look so small yet be so strong. Why would he help her...

From this bond, they both felt what the other did, from this bond, they both knew how the other felt about them.

Konan raised her head from his hand, looking at him. Staring right into his eyes, right into his blue eyes, his scruffy white hair on his head. And then his lips, they seemed to pull at her...

Konan jumped onto him, pushing Yokoji down. She moved upwards to his face, sensing the same feeling that she felt.

He wanted her to kiss him, to love him. And she did.

She pressed her small lips onto his. An electric shock ran through both their bodies, making them moan into each other.

Konan felt what Yokoji wanted her to do, so she gently raised her mouth, granting him access.

The foreign object went into her mouth making her feel dizzy in her head at the joy.

They kissed more intensely at the feeling, tongues clashing with each other, making their own love.

Konan knew he wasn't ready to do anything more than this with her, but she knew it would only be a matter of time. This let her pull herself away, knowing if they continued he wouldn't be able to hold back. And, she didn't want their first time to be like that. She didn't want to take advantage of him, she wanted for him to be ready as much as she was. Only then, would they both be able to enjoy it fully.

Yokoji felt her pull away, his tongue coming back out of her mouth, a trail of saliva separating them. Another type of bond-forming in them.

He was glad she did pull away but he was still sad at the same time. He knew that she lusted after him, but how could he help her when it wouldn't even go up. They should wait, they'll have time to cultivate their feelings. It's only a matter of time.

They both got ready for bed, knowing that tomorrow they will have to start training seriously. They both wanted to protect the other. And they both knew that the best and only way was to get stronger.

Falling asleep with a smile on their faces, cuddled up. Konan and Yokoji started to look forward to the future they would share together.

*Time Skip To After Morning Breakfast*

"Ok Konan I know that our chakra training will speed up double when we both do it due to our bond, so I feel like we should practice it while we work on our specialties. I know that you have a special connection with paper, one that is like what I have with water. So how about we train with that until we have no chakra. When we empty our chakra reserves they will both fill up, boosting the amount we both use. Plus we'll get double the returns." I laid out my new plan to her, feeling like it made more sense than sticking a leaf to our foreheads that we can both do perfectly now.

"Ok, I'll try and infuse some of my chakra in the paper then," Konan said, looking even more determined to improve her skills and abilities.

As they separated Yokoji went over to the other corner of the room. Taking out some water that he had stored for this intention specifically. He stored them from a well he found when bringing Konan back to their house.

Looking in concentration, Yokoji could almost see the bond he found with the water. He sensed everything inside and around it. The small bacteria, swimming in it, to his own body standing next to it.

Yokoji realised how good a sensing power like this could be in the future. Even though Konan would also have a power like it, it doesn't hurt to have his own.

Thinking of this he tried to lift the water on the ground up to his hand which was about ten centimeters above it. (AN: not sure what that is in inches, but I'm not American so you can figure it out on your own if it's so important...)

The water seemed to climb up upon itself, creating a thin pillar of water, only going up around 5 centimeters. Only half the distance.

Yokoji's chakra drained at a fast pace, showing how much energy this took out of him, yet he wasn't ready to give up yet.

The water was still toughing on the floor. There was no other water for it to go up and expand the size, without it not touching the surface. This was why it was stuck at 5cm, not going up but not going down either.

Yokoji realised this and tried to have it raise of the floor. It took more chakra than he thought it would. But after seeing it go up by about a centimeter he was full of joy. Collapsing due to chakra overuse, he set a new goal for his training. Just before going unconscious, he set it for himself, he wanted to have full control over the water, have it bend to his wishes. This was his last thought, as he heard a bump behind him, and he fell into a deep sleep.

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Konan left Yokoji and went over to the table.

She brought out a piece of paper and was determined to infuse her chakra into it.

She laid her hand onto the piece of paper, allowing her chakra to once again run through herself, making her feel the same sensation she felt when around Yokoji. It made her relax and feel protected. Feeling him inside of her, joined as one.

She felt another sensation when her chakra reached the paper. It seemed to have a mind of its own as it spread over and inside of it. Immediately fusing into the paper.

Konan could feel that the paper was now connected to her. The feeling was like when she was around Yokoji but it was different, it was...new? She enjoyed the feeling as it also made her feel closer to her love.

Konan looked over at him in the corner, concentrating on the laid-out water, as it was moving.

Once again determined to protect him, she concentrated once more. She moved the paper, preparing to make a gift for Yokoji. She wanted him to like it so he put her best effort into it. Not even noticing it as her chakra levels started to run dry as well.

She started to feel faint, but she was determined to finish, she wanted Yokoji to have a smile on his face as he received her gift. She wanted to see that smile that gave her butterflies in her stomach. She wanted to hear him give her praise for what she accomplished.

All this came into mind, as her vision started to turn black.

Looking at the beautiful blue rose laying on the table, and then onto Yokoji, who was lifting some water. A faint smile lit up her face, as she went into a deep sleep, hitting the sofa.

(AN: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I feel like this one wasn't as good as it could have been so I'm going to keep on trying to improve my writing (I'm so tired right now). Aka take notes from other work. Now onto the meaning of this note, I saw some comments about there not being a harem, so if I'm ever holding second thoughts I'll hold a vote but for now, it will only be Konan and it will stay that way for a while at least. Hope you enjoyed and please leave a comment if you did! :)

P.s: tell me if the chapter is too short or long, I can't tell...