Teaching A Flame to Spark (P)

Rae placed the hot noodles into Haruki's mouth, a small satisfied smirk laced her lips as she succeed on her plan. The flavor of the noodles was kind of warm and salty at the beginning, before drifting into being hot and spicy. The red head loved it and while listening for Haruki's opinion on the flavor resumed to quickly cleaning her own plate. For a girl, she ate quite the amount. Thankfully the amount that she spent training balanced out her diet. That and she had a fire chakra nature which demanded to continuously burn calories, which is why she tended to grow hungry fast. As she finished her bowl she lifted it up and quickly downed the soup as well. She waited for Haruki to finish with his order before paying the bill. "Now we can get back to training." Rae announced as she walked out onto the streets of Suna and waited for Haruki to walk with her while they headed back for the training grounds. " Did you like the food?" She asked him in an attempt to strike up a conversation as she placed her arms behind her head and looked over to him.

It seems that Ramen was extremely hot, far too hot for him to handle after a while. It had a nice taste in the beginning, but his face would then turn red as the ramen noodles would be placed into his mouth. He would place his lips onto the sticks before they were pulled away, and he would then begin to eat. This was the result of him eating it, but he would try to hold in the pain since he did not want to make a scene. As time passed, the intensity would begin to cool down, but it was still very hot on his tongue. He would exhale a bit more. S-so... Hot... Haruki would tell her as if he were out of breath, which was technically true before she would tell him that they will resume with their training. After that, she would ask if he enjoyed it... Which after he remembered the first taste of it, he honestly did. He would place a thumbs up as he would continue to fan the flaming spices in his mouth, it was truly a devastating flavor. How Rae was able to take the heat was anyone's guess. But if she could do it, kudos to her, she was able to beat anyone with that sort of resistance.

Haruki would receive jealous glares from some of the males as they walked down the street. Her fans could be quite annoying at times. Rae rubbed the back of her head as she signed exasperatedly.At times she felt like she was a belonging of some sort rather than a normal person. What motivated her to keep this fan base was the fact that she knew that the Kazekage had it tougher. When they finally arrived back at their wonderfully secluded place on the training field Rae would take in a deep breath and focus the flaming chakra in her lungs. She would then follow through the hand sighs and chant "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu." But before she would just spit it out this time she put one of her hands in front of her lips, creating a small passage through her fingers for the jutsu to go through. The fireball that had come out this time was definitely as large as it was supposed to be and went quite far causing a satisfied smirk play on Rae's lips. Before she would celebrate however she remembered that there was another part of the Jutsu which she wasn't very certain how to do. The fiery female would then turn to Haruki and ask him for instructions. "I've read that this Jutsu is also capable of being used in a stream-like form. May I get a pointer for that?" She would then proceed to listen to his answer carefully.

The glares meant nothing to him, what were they going to so, stare him to death? They were going to have to try harder than that if they wanted to scare a happy child like him. Yes, that sounded pathetic, but it was true. The Akari found no reason to fear anything, and it was stupid of a shackle. The next attempt for the fireball was beautiful, just like how he had done it, and he felt the heat fromhhere as well, mixed with the flavor that was on his tongue. PERFECT! I knew you could do it! The Akari would exclaim as he would raise two victorious fists into the air, his smile placed back to normal as he ignored the pain that was in his mouth right now. Rae learned so fast! After that, she would ask him about how to do it in a stream. There were a few like that. Perhaps the Great Fire Annihilation? Well, that required a LOT of control for Chakra, but he felt she could do it if she tried. Well, the way I do it is simple. That compress chakra has to fit through a hole formed when you place your hands into a fist, but with a circle in the fist. After that, you need to aim RIGHT in the middle of the circle. If the flames touch the palm, it would be a hot mess rather than a stream. This is how to control your chakra, so I would suggest you practice this very often!

Rae immediately picked up on the little details of Haruki's explanation, the chakra had to be more compressed and has to go through a whole on the fist, similarly to what she had done earlier with the fireball style of the jutsu. The flames would however have to go directly though the middle of  the whole that she had created. It was very similar to the fire stream jutsu that she already knew, just more massive in size because it was compressed. The Suna kunoichi focused her chakra and took a deep breath in before having her hands mold the hand-signs. "Fire style: Great Fireball Jutsu" She would then chant before placing the fist in front of her rosy lips. A stream of fire did indeed go through the hole, however the flames seemed to only be capable of going forwards. The stream was indeed long and flowing however as she stopped it a dissatisfied look appeared on her face. "It's supposed to be cone shaped." She muttered in annoyance, hers was more like a rather thick straight line than a cone. "Should I make the space in the palm of my hand larger or open my lips more?" She voiced her curiosity. She wanted to get this jutsu right.

She was able to get it in the shape of a stream, which was what he was expecting, but she seemed to think otherwise. With that, she would look at him and explain that it was a cone that she wanted. Ohhhhhhh! Haruki would tell her, tilting his head to the side, now understanding what she had meant. All right, with that, he would then hear her suggestions. The first one was somewhat correct, but the second one was way-way-way off! It was not going to get her anything but a huge mess if she tried to place those flames into a small loop that she had made. What you do it place your pinky on the third finger. Third finger on the middle fine, and if you want to REALLY get the cone shape, you can try to be flexible with your fingers and place the middle finger onto the pointer finger. Having done this many times, he would hold up his hand in that formation before then continuing to speak to her. He was having lots of fun with teaching her these things. After that, you breath fire into it, as much as you want! The flames will follow the pattern of your fingers and eventually form that nice smooth cone shape!

Rae carefully listened to his idea and did as followed. Creating the proper finger posture was harder than learning the entire jutsu. The female struggled for a bit to get the shape right but when she finally did she looked at Haruki blankly for no reason in particular before resuming to follow what he said. Some birds chirped in the background as Rae concentrated the flame chakra into her lungs, letting it engulf her. She would then proceed to follow through the horse and tiger hand signs and call out the fire technique's name. Before she breathed out her flames however she followed through Haruki's weird finger method quickly and placed her hand before her lips. The flames, much to her surprise, did indeed create a gorgeous cone shape. Thank god they were in Suna because the forest would've definitely not been as green as it previously was. "Managed it." The female noted as she looked through her end result. One day, one jutsu. Definitely not bad.

With that, he would then clap as she did the task that she had been told to do, and he would then praise her for successfully carrying it out. That was awesome! You did it Rae! He would exclaim, summoning two more Haruki's for the moment so that the three of them could clap for her as if they were an audience. He could have made three more lightning clones, but he did not care to have too much chakra sent for that only. With that, he would then look to her with a smile on his face as the clones would disappear at the moment, the same cat-like smile that allowed him to just about get away with anything for adults as it came off adorable. He was proud of her, feeling like a real teacher for the second time ever, and his results had been successful. You did very well Rae. I think it's time we depart for now. Before we do however, is there anything else you would like from me? Whether it be a technique or a skill? Or anything I can give before we do so? He would ask. This was a common question for him to ask when departing, because he cared for the well-being of those he hung around.

Rae smiled at the little audience of Harukis, it made her feel like a kid, which she didn't enjoy, but Haruki had put effort into putting up with her so he did at least deserve some respect. He praised her  asked her a couple of questions. His eagerness to help was adorable. It made one of Rae's typical mischievous ideas pop up into her head. A fox-like smirk appeared onto the kunoichi's lips as she approached her current mentor, her hands behind her back. "Thank you very much for teaching me Haruki." She said as she now stood in front of him. There was something playful in the way that his name rolled off of her tongue as she said it this time around. She tiptoed and quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek. At the beginning she was going to aim at his lips but her conscience, of completely confusing her friends' innocent soul, made her change her decision last minute. She stepped back and chuckled as she walked over to where her textbook was and picked it up. The beauty then turned around to thank Haruki one last time before going back home to her apartment.

Word Count: 2326 on my part
(Can I claim 11 stat points, Fire Release:Exploding Flame Shot and the Great Fireball Jutsu? Thank you)

He would chuckle a little bit as she would thank him for what he did, feeling humbled by her words before closing his eyes, placing his palm behind the back of his head before he would then feel something on his cheek. It felt warm... soft... And instantly sent a bit of warmth on both of his cheeks as a light shade of red would appear on his face. Right as she pulled away, his eyes would open in confusion as he would then tilt his head to the side. For some reason, he felt a weird blush, the kiss on the cheek being so foreign to him. It felt weird... Yet... Wa-wait! Haruki would exclaim out to her, reach out a palm to try to call out to her, but by the time that had been done, she was out of the scene. Wow... That was quite the ending. It had a soft kiss to his cheek, something he had no idea about. And despite it being new to him... It oddly enough felt kind of good. What was he supposed to do about it? What could he have done in response to it? Despite these questions, none would arrive as he would stand there, very much confused, little did he know how lucky he was in the end.

Word Count: 2247

Rewards:

22 AP
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A kiss on the cheek from Rae x3