Desert Flower

Little Scroll

  "Hey...."

  "This is paradise."

  "Hey, I said." Naruto was frowning while crossing his arms. I covered my face with my hand when the blond did his Sexy Jutsu. "Isn't it time for you to turn this way already? If you join my training, I'll give you lots of service. P-l-e-a-s-e." I cringed at what was happening in front of me.

  "So you finally came out.... I was waiting for you. What?" The old man looked disappointed when he turned around and saw only Naruto and I. "Are you making fun of me?"

  "Right back at you."

  "Okay....I'll teach you a technique."

  "Do you really mean that?"

  "Do you remember what I told you yesterday about the two types of chakra?"

  "Huh? Yesterday's talk?"

  "You know, what you said about blue and red chakra or something." The old man crouched in front of us.

  "Oh.... What about it?"

  "You said that when a great power comes out, you felt red chakra, and you felt silver."

  "Yeah, it was like that." Naruto said, and I nodded in agreement.

  "Try building up that other chakra right now."

  "Hmm. Even if you say so.... I'll give it a try, but...." Naruto put his hands together, but his frown stayed. "Hmm, it's not right. It's the same chakra as always."

  "Jeez, you have no talent."

  "Don't be talking all high and mighty!" Naruto yelled. "In the first place, I really don't understand those two types of chakra myself!"

  "Just keep trying." The old man glanced at me. "You, too."

  "No good, no good. Only the usual chakra's coming out." Naruto sighed, and I closed my eyes to help me focus. "Say, Pervy Sage. What the heck does the other chakra and the technique you're going to teach us have to do with each other?"

  "Listen, kids. For the technique I'm about to teach you, the chakra you've had until now is not nearly enough."

  "What?" My shoulders slumped.

  "Therefore, you'll have to be able to pull out and use the other chakra that has been dormant within you at any time you need."

  "But how do you know that we have such a chakra?" Naruto gave the old man a look.

  "Oh, just what I wanted to hear. Actually....it's because I'm a sage."

  "Jeez....that's no answer."

  "Anyway, the special chakra that only you two have will become your greatest weapon." The old man smiled, and I glanced at my hands.

  "Greatest weapon?" Naruto tilted his head.

  "Not using that is like wasting treasure." The old man pinched and pulled on Naruto's face. "There's no need to forcefully do the same training as everyone else. Everyone has what they're good at and poor at. You have your own style. Your training until now, maintaining and releasing a set amount of chakra, was in other words, training to control the suppression of chakra so that you wouldn't get exhausted. But you have a lot of stamina and should be about power rather than a cheap trick." The old man finally let the boy's face go.

  "You both, who have two types of chakra and don't exhaust easily, should release the largest amount of chakra you can and train to increase the absolute amount of chakra that you can use. Then there are tons of Jutsu and techniques you can use." The man smirked.