Chapter 8

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One year later~~

"Hah."

"Hah."

"K-Kakashi San, wait up."

Kakashi looks back at Miro.

"I'm afraid I can't, miss. I'm supposed to be training you, not letting you waste your days away. I'm sure Hikaru will be fine without you for a bit."

Miro rolls her eyes.

"I'm too old for this."

Kakashi eye smiles.

"One's never too old to get better. Now, do you know why we're here?"

Miro looks around. It would seem that while they were running, Kakashi led her to an open field.

"You said it had something to do with learning new techniques right?"

Kakashi nods in a sagely way.

"You're right my pupil."

Miro rolls her eyes.

"Cut it out Kakashi, just tell me what I'm learning."

A frown crosses Kakashi's face.

"You suck the joy out of everything.... anyway. Hokage-Sama has granted me permission to teach you three jutsu. They're quite strong, so you'll have to be careful with them. As a Uzumaki, your chakra control seems to, if I may put it blandly, suck. To use one of these techniques, your control needs to get better. It's called the Rasengan. It was used by Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage. This jutsu, along with his flying thunder god seals, earned him the moniker, "the Yellow Flash of Konoha" it's a very formidable technique. As an Uzumaki with vast chakra reserves, Hokage-Sama said you'd be perfect for it. The second technique is called the shadow clone jutsu."

Miro laughs.

"Kakashi, we've been over this already, I can't do clones. We tried with the academy jutsu, remember?"

Kakashi eye smiles.

"I remember, but this jutsu is different for a couple of reasons. One, it's forbidden. If you use this jutsu incorrectly, you could die. And two, because the clones this Justu makes? They're solid, actual copies. Your amount of chakra should be perfect for this. They can think, and do stuff on their own, just like the original. They're also great for reconnaissance, because when they dispel, their experiences are transferred back to the original, along with the left over chakra."

Miro is left wide eyed. She runs up to Kakashi, severely penetrating his personal bubble.

"That's useful, that could be used for anything!! You could learn quicker! Get stuff done faster!!! All of this! When do I learn it?!"

Kakashi falls back.

"Miro. Calm yourself. You're learning it today, if you're smart enough."

Miro blushes.

"Oh, sorry. Was just excited."

Miro fidgets. Holding her hands down in front of her like a schoolgirl. Little did Miro know, hiding under that mask, was a small blush.

'Damn it Kakashi. You're not a little boy, blushing over a girl getting too close? What's wrong with you....'

Kakashi, the loner he is, hadn't had close contact with a female for a long time.

'The last person to get that close to me, was her.....'

Kakashi shakes his head. Memories of rain, and lightning....

'I have no time for this. I need to train her.'

He looks back up at Miro.

"The last jutsu is nothing too special, it's called the water dragon missile. I'll show you now."

Kakashi then proceeds to demonstrate the water dragon missle jutsu.

"When you can show me you have mastered these jutsu to a decent level, you'll start learning more. But until then don't ask to learn anything else. We'll try to rasengan first . I've also prepared water balloons for this exact day."

Kakashi magically pulls a bucket of water balloons out of nowhere.

"Now there are three things that are integral to the rasengan. Rotation, power, and containment. Rotation is the first step. Hold the water ballon in your hand."

Miro does so.

"Now spin your chakra inside the water ballon. Be sure to pay notice to the way your chakra naturally spins. Once you've made the ballon burst with your chakra, come to me. Oh and the key to it, is to try and rotate the chakra in all directions."

Kakashi jumps into a nearby tree, and pulls out a book.

Miro nods.

'No need to complain, he's probably already given me all the advice I need to do this now. Actually, wait a second.'

"Hey Kakashi? Why don't you just give me the shadow clone jutsu and have them help me?"

Kakashi smiles from his tree.

"Because that's cheating, and I want you to be able do it by yourself first."

Miro growls.

"Fine."

The next two weeks of Miro's life are then dedicated to popping the ballon. After 15 excruciatingly long days of training, she succeeds.

"Hey there, you finally did it. Good job."

Miro growls at him in exhaustion.

"That-took-so-long"

Kakashi eye smiles.

"Yeah, it sure did. But here comes the next part."

Kakashi tosses Miro a rubber ball.

"Make it explode. The key to this step is to increase the density and volume of your chakra. And this time you don't have water inside to help you out. It's practically the same, except using more of your chakra and really filling the ball up."

"Now get going Miss Miro."

Tears of sorrow flood Miro's face.

"Why did I have to come today...."

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Two months later~~

*Bang*

"KAKASHI! I DID IT!"

Kakashi, who had been lying asleep in his favorite tree, is awoken startlingly.

"You did it? Finally?"

A sharp look flashes across Miro's face.

"What do you mean finally? Ka-ka-shi?"

Kakashi, feeling strangely threatened, gulps.

"N-nothing at all. Let's get going on the next step!"

Miro frowns.

"There's another step?"

Kakashi nods.

"The third and last step. You need to combine the first and second steps. You must move it, while paying attention to the volume and density of your chakra. Here, take this bag of balloons. Blow them up to a decent size and use them. They'll help visualize the shape. There's a catch here though, you cannot let the ballon burst, nor move. Otherwise, you fail. Be warned though. This is the longest and hardest of all three steps. I'll show you my rasengan, hopefully that'll help you visualize it."

Kakashi hold his hand out in front of his face, palm up.

Soon, wind starts being gathered towards his palm, with a small chakra ball forming in the middle, slowly growing. Once it gets to a decent size, Kakashi turns around and throws his hand at the tree behind him. The chakra ball hits the tree and a ripping sound is slowly produced. Within seconds, the tree is completely ripped in half, with the top part of the tree flying off.

Kakashi turns around, and looks at Miro, who is completely astounded at the power behind such a small chakra ball.

"This is the power of this technique. I expect no less from you."

Miro nods fiercely.

"Yes!"

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And so time goes on. Months later, three to be exact, she finally does it.

"Kakashi, I can do it now!"

Kakashi looks up from his book.

"You've said that 11 times now. Are you sure?"

Miro nods.

"Yeah! Look!"

Miro holds her hand out in front of her. Slowly, chakra begins gathering in her palm. After a few seconds, the previously minuscule ball has enlarged to a baseball sized chakra conglomeration. She uses one of the trees as her target and launches her hand. The tree is ripped in half, much more harshly than when Kakashi did it.

"Oh. Damn. You really can now. Good job."

A blank look clouds Miro's face.

"That's all? After all the time? Good job?!"

Kakashi shrugs.

"Well yeah, what do you want? A cookie?"

Miro glares at the white haired ninja. She follows up with a sigh.

"Nevermind, shouldn't you teach me the shadow clone jutsu now?"

Kakashi nods.

"Yeah. Here, watch me."

Kakashi performs the clone seal.

"Shadow clone jutsu."

*Poof*

"See this how you do it, now you try"x2

Two Kakashi's stand next to each other, completely identical.

Miro looks on.

"Great. Another one."

Kakashi(s) eye smiles. Kakashi dispels the clone.

"Okay, go ahead."

Miro performs the seal.

"Shadow clone jutsu!"

*Poof*

And then there were two.

Two Miro's stand side by side.

Kakashi grins.

"Perfect, and quick too."

"Now summon as many as you can, safely, might I add."

Miro pulls on the chakra inside of her.

"Shadow clone jutsu."

*Poof*x10

Miro feels a significant drain on her chakra, and ten copies of her pop into existence.

"Okay, now all of you train the water dragon missle jutsu. And after an hour, dispel."

"And what do I do?"

The original Miro questions.

"You sit with me, we're gonna talk about our training for the next year and a half.

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