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This one is a bit shorter than the others but I hope it'll be to your liking. So now here you go with new chapter.
Chapter 6: From the mist
- 1 hour later, Konoha's main gate -
Naruto decided to go with his traditional attire of orange jumpsuit on this mission but in any case he packed also a green jacket and black pants. It could come in handy in case something happened. Still, since this was just a simple bodyguard mission the most trouble they could encounter would be some bandits and with Kakashi-sensei they would have no problems with those. But better be safe than sorry. With that thought in mind, he packed also extra explosives tags. They didn't weight much so it wouldn't hurt to take them. When he reached the gate everyone but his sensei was already present.
"Don't tell me that Kakashi-sensei's going to be late again. So why do have to get here so fast?" Sakura whined, looking around for their sensei.
"Right!" Naruto said just as soon as he reached the meeting place. He heard a small thump but ignored it as he thought that it was something unimportant. He often heard small soft sounds around him only to turn around and find nothing in the place.
"Maybe because you can always be surprised by someone." Kakashi said, standing just behind them with his usual one eyed smile. "You know, you should pay more attention when on a mission. Next time it might be someone not as nice as me standing behind you."
"Are you sure that it's safe for me to go with these kids?" Tazuna asked
"Don't worry; I'm here if anything happens."
"Somehow it doesn't reassure me at all.", Tazuna thought as he eyed one-eyed Jonin who was reading his orange book.
"Yahoo, we're finally going on a real mission! Isn't awesome?" Naruto shouted as soon as they passed the village gates.
"Shut up Baka!" Sakura tried to put him down.
"But Sakura-chan, it's the first time we're outside of the village. Aren't you excited?"
"That's beside the point. And you're too loud!"
"But I'm so happy that we're finally on some real ninja mission."
"Then act like a ninja, Dope", Sasuke threw in.
"What did you say teme?"
"Don't tell me you can't hear now."
"Shut up Teme. I'll show you that I'm twice as good ninja as you!"
"Whatever Dope."
"Teme..."
"Naruto don't call Sasuke-kun that!"
As they went on Tazuna listened to their bickering and wondered what was wrong with this team. It seemed like they couldn't be in the same place for even a minute and not to start a quarrel. It lacked any hint of malice but was quite a bit annoying if it lasted for longer period of time. Fortunately, soon after they settled on their positions, with Naruto next to the client and Sasuke in the front. This way they were far enough from each other so they couldn't argue. This way, at least the road to Wave Country would be quiet.
They were walking for several hours peacefully enjoying the scenery of the Fire Country. Naruto wondered why they still had to maintain formation when they were still on their own territory. But Kakashi was in charge here so he didn't argue with this. Besides this could prove to be useful practice. Since they didn't get much of it with Kakashi, he had to take whatever was offered to him. As they passed a puddle Naruto wondered whether something interesting would happen on this mission.
"Wait a minute! A puddle of water? On a sunny day like this? Nah, impossible. Maybe I'm just seeing things." he thought but he heard some sound from behind and remembered Kakashi-sensei's advice from before. He turned around to see his sensei bound by chains just before he was cut to pieces. He managed to notice that there were two opponents before he was charged by them. Both were clothed in similar grey cloaks and had metal clawed glove on one of each of their hands. They were also connected with metal chain. Naruto wanted to dodge but found that his body was like it had frozen.
"Move it, move it damnit! I have to dodge it! Have to move!" he frantically thought and finally his body started to move. He barely managed to dodge the attack to the side when suddenly, Sasuke jumped from above and pinned the chain with which the two opponents where connected to the tree. They disconnected it immediately and Naruto suddenly saw his chance and tried to trip one of the opponents while at the same time aiming his kunai at his knee. Naruto succeeded in tripping his opponent but he managed to catch himself in time and blocked the kunai with his glove. Metal scraped against metal as weapons clashed, but Naruto didn't have the strength to push through with the strike and opponent aimed his clawed hand at Naruto. But before he had a chance to react, Kakashi stepped in and knocked out their opponent.
At the same time the second opponent tried to take his chance to attack Tazuna. He managed to keep his balance after ditching the chain and started towards the bridge builder. Just as he moved in that direction Sakura stepped in the front of the client but it seemed that enemy ninja is determined to plough through both of them. Sasuke tried to intercept him and even managed to overtake him but Kakashi managed to get there in time and incapacitate the attacker with his second opponent already unconscious held by his collar.
"Pfft, show off." Sasuke mumbled under his breath, "You okay scaredy-cat? You looked ready to run away." he said to Naruto as he recovered from the ground.
"Yeah right, you need your eyes checked if you see things like this."
"Shut up Dope!" said Sasuke suddenly really angry.
"What did you say Teme?"
"Enough guys! Now we have more important things to worry about." Kakashi said as he finished tying their opponents and examining their weapons and equipment. "Now, is there anything you want to tell us?" he asked Tazuna.
"What do you mean?" asked the bridge builder.
"These ninja here are former Chunin from Hidden Mist Village. I didn't take them down immediately because I was curious as to who they were after. Mind telling me what these two may want from a 'humble bridge builder' like you?"
"You must understand that we're just Genin. These opponents are too strong for us to handle." Sakura said to their client
"Come on Sakura-chan! We can do it. There's no reason for us to quit the mission now. Right sensei?" Naruto said as soon as he heard about quitting the mission.
"Well it seems that the opponents are stronger then this level of mission would have so it would be prudent to turn back." Kakashi said as he looked at their tied opponents.
"What? Come on we can make it. I mean we have me! And Sasuke if that helps anything." Naruto responded with the last part being said quietly under breath. Kakashi looked at him and thought, "Well with the top rookie of the year we may have a chance of pulling this off..."
"Naruto what's that on your hand?"
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked and looked at his left hand to notice that it was a little bloodied. When he looked at it closer there was a small wound on the back of his hand, "One of them probably scratched me when I dodged their charge."
"Dodged? Yeah right.", Sasuke snickered, "More like ran away."
"What did you say Teme?"
"That's a problem. Their weapons were coated with poison. Even such small scratch can have fatal consequences. We should probably turn back to Konoha and tend to your wounds." Kakashi interrupted.
"Then we'll have to draw the poison, right?" Naruto said like it was the most obvious thing in the world and stabbed himself in the hand with a kunai. As the blood flowed from the wound he stood there with a happy grin on his face.
"Everything is great but you know that now you might die from blood loss, don't you?" Kakashi extinguished the smile immediately.
"What? NO! We must bandage it right away!" Naruto shouted and started running around.
"Naruto you idiot! Just stop running so we can tend to it. Why do you always have to do such stupid things without thinking? I mean now we have even more problems with you!" Sakura berated him.
"Now we can discuss the thing about our further journey, right Tazuna-san?" Kakashi said to the bridge builder as Sakura was bandaging Naruto's hand.
"Yeah, of course. I understand if you want to go back. But please inform my grandson of my fate. It would be so unfortunate for him to live with no knowledge of what happened to his grandpa. But I don't know what he'll think about Konoha ninja when he finds out that they abandoned him in the middle of the road. And there's also..." Tazuna started but was interrupted by a loud sigh.
"Fine, fine, I get the picture. We'll escort you and see how this develops." Kakashi said. After Naruto wound was bandaged they managed to continue their journey.
- Two days later, coastal ferry to Wave Country -
"Thanks for the lift.", Tazuna said to the ferryman after they were brought to the shore.
"No problem. I want to see that bridge completed as well. I may have fewer customers then earlier but at least I'll be able to do my job it in peace."
The journey was peaceful for the last two days. It almost looked like their enemies gave up on trying to attack Tazuna. But it was too good to be true. They were getting close to their destination and that increased their tension. Few more hours passed and they'd arrived at their destination. And the risk of the enemy attack would increase as well. Naruto was on edge the whole time from leaving the ferry. After all, this was the last chance to attack their client before he arrived at home.
When he would get there, attacking him would be more difficult as they would have some kind of protection. Just few minutes after they got off from the ferry, Naruto heard some noise. Immediately he threw kunai in that direction startling everybody except Kakashi who just raised an eyebrow at that sight.
"What are you doing you idiot!" Sakura shouted almost immediately.
"Something was moving there." Naruto said in his defense. Just as he finished, a white rabbit hopped out of the bushes looking a bit scared.
"See, it was just a rabbit. Look and think before doing something. You could've hurt him."
Sorry, Sakura-chan." Naruto responded while scratching his head and Sasuke at that time lessened his grip on a kunai.
"How could dope notice that there was such a thing. I couldn't even hear or sense anything from that direction." Kakashi at the same time was thinking about different thing, "White rabbit in the middle of summer? Something's not right here. Better watch out."
"Really, you should watch out more."
"But I heard something move. How could I know tha…"
"Everybody down!" Kakashi shouted all of a sudden and everyone ducked with Naruto pulling the bridge builder just as a huge sword flew over and struck the tree opposite them. It stuck horizontally in the trunk and in the next moment a man appeared standing on it. It was a tall man wearing only blue trousers. His mouth was covered with bandages and one could sense hostility when he looked at the group which recovered from their knees.
"Sharingan Kakashi. No wonder that Demon Brothers were defeated. But your luck ends here."
"Momochi Zabuza. What a missing-nin like you doing here?" Kakashi asked
"You should know it by now. I'm here for the bridge builder. Leave him and nothing will happen to you."
"That's most certainly unfortunate as it is our mission to protect him. We won't hand him off to you."
"You're throwing your life away. You know that you can't win with me." As Zabuza said that he vanished taking his sword with him. Right after that a dense fog started to settle around the team. "What's going? It's impossible for it to come so suddenly. Must be careful. Something's not right.", Naruto thought as he heard Kakashi's order.
"Watch out. He's still in the area. Protect Tazuna. Be careful our opponent is the master of silent killing technique." Kakashi said as he reached to his forehead protector and raised it a little bit. The entire team gathered in front Tazuna in a tight defensive formation and prepared for attack.
As the fog got thicker, Naruto tried to concentrate on finding his opponent but it was already to dense to see past few steps. How could anyone move fast or strike precisely in such thick fog? But Kakashi said that opponent was still in the area then maybe he could navigate in this fog. Just then a voice came from above.
"Lungs, kidney, brain, liver, spine, clavical vein, neck vein, heart. Eight points which cause immediate death. Which one will I strike? Which one should I strike first?", Naruto tried to focus and find out where the voice came from but to avail. Instead he just felt chill crawl up his body and almost paralyze his movements. "What is that feeling? Like I'm about to die. Get a grip man. This is the worst time to freeze like that. Again like during the previous fight but worse. Must shake it off." as he focused on his surroundings he felt like the feeling went away a bit but somewhere down deep he still felt like he was at his own execution. After he finally calmed down he noticed that Sasuke was shaking like a leaf in the wind next to him. "What the hell is going on? First we get fog from nowhere, then the sudden chill and now this. What's going on?" Naruto started to panic again.
"Sasuke, Naruto, don't worry. I'll protect you even if it costs me my life." Kakashi said to them and Naruto felt the entire tension drain from him in a mater of seconds.
"Those were big words. But can you keep them, I wonder." As Naruto heard it he noticed that it came from behind him. All the Genins were scattered around and their defensive formation broken. Naruto immediately thought about the bridge builder. But between him and his client stood their opponent. He jumped to the side in hope that he'll be able to distract Zabuza at least for a moment so the others may help Tazuna. At once he launched several kunai in his opponents direction but he didn't even seem to notice.
All the kunai were blocked by the huge sword and it as he took a large swing. It looked like this was the end for their client. Just as he aimed, a blur flew past Naruto and collided with enemy ninja. When he noticed what happened he saw Kakashi-sensei who managed to strike Zabuza with his kunai. But strangely from the wound seeped… water. Almost immediately from mist appeared another shadow with huge sword and cut Kakashi-sensei in two. Only for both parts to turn into water. Their opponent seemed surprised a little bit as he froze for a second. And that was enough for copy ninja to press a kunai against his throat. The entire exchange took less than one minute.
"It seems it's the end of the line for you." Kakashi said while standing behind his opponent.
"Ha, ha. You're really skilled. You already made a clone when I disappeared in the mist. Crafty. But don't think that's enough to defeat me."
Kakashi hearing that immediately attacked his opponent only to discover it was another Water Clone. At the same time, the real Zabuza landed behind him and aimed his sword at Kakashi.
"Watch out sensei!" Naruto managed to shout as Kakashi dodged the strike. Unfortunately the next attack came immediately in form of a kick that launched him in the air towards nearby lake. Naruto noticed, however, that their sensei jumped a little bit before the impact. Zabuza took off in the direction of the lake, only to stop few meters from the shore and jump into the mist that still enveloped the area. Due to that, Naruto couldn't see that well but he managed to make out two silhouettes on the surface of the lake.
"Water Prison Technique", he heard few seconds later and suddenly the mist started to lift from the area. He recovered immediately and stood next to Sasuke who also managed to get to his feet. But what he saw surprised him. On the lake Zabuza stood with outstretched hand which appeared to be emerged into huge sphere made of water in which Kakashi-sensei was encased. It looked like the water inside of the sphere was extremely dense and constricted movement as their sensei didn't even try to move.
"Now then to finish the entire play. Water Clone Technique" With those words Zabuza held his other hand at his chest level and water from the lake started to form another copy of him. "Just wonderful. Sensei is captured and we have to fight a Jonin level ninja while protecting this stupid old drunk. Should we flee? Or buy some time when he and Sakura try to get to the village? Nah that won't cut it though. We'll have to free Sensei somehow." Naruto thought, but was suddenly assaulted by the clone. When he landed he was several meters from his opponent. Seconds later he noticed Sasuke landing next to him after receiving similar blow. As he got up he noticed that he didn't have his headband. It lay on the ground next to the clone of the enemy ninja. "Damn it! We have to think up something fast or we'll doomed." Naruto thought as he surveyed the terrain.
A plan started to form in his mind but for it to work he first needed to prepare. So he took out the explosive tag run straight at the enemy. It didn't take long before he was stomped by Zabuza.
"What are you trying to do brat. Playing a ninja? You're not a ninja yet. When you faced dozens of opponents and death several times then you can yourself a ninja." As he was laying on the ground he planted the tag in the ground and covered it barely with dirt. "You Brat are just a pathetic imitation of a ninja." with these words he kicked Naruto again sending him again near Sasuke.
"What the hell are you trying to do Dope? Get yourself killed?" Sasuke asked.
"Don't worry. I have a plan."
"You want to fight him? After he shown us that he is on level of our sensei?" Sakura said
"Do you have any alternative?" Naruto responded
"He's right. It's not like we have a choice. If we want to survive we have free sensei." Sasuke confirmed. Sakura still didn't look convinced but said nothing
"Good. Then let's get started. Shadow Clone Technique." several clones sprung to life and charged their opponent while Naruto passed Sasuke, his Fuma shuriken using his clones as a screen to hide it. Just as the clones were to reach Zabuza, Sasuke took off with the clear aim of attacking the original ninja. Zabuza on his part, after blocking few strikes of the clones, saw Sasuke's movement and intended to intercept him. As he started to move all the clones jumped back and the original Naruto triggered the explosive tag buried in the ground. Some clones were caught in the explosion and the others were sent flying in various directions, some towards the lake and crashed on the surface. Sasuke didn't pay much attention to the explosion which engulfed the enemy clone. He suspected as much as he saw Naruto planting the tag. His objective was in front of him. It was time to do his part of the plan while Naruto put another part into action behind the smokescreen from the explosion. He launched his first Fuma shuriken towards Zabuza.
"Fuma Shuriken: Shadow Windmill"
"That won't work on me, Kiddo." Zabuza responded to the threat and effortlessly caught the projectile. In the moment he did it he saw that another one was heading in his direction while he sensed that something was coming from below. It seemed that at least one clone survived the impact with the water and now prepared a surprise attack from beneath him. Just as it surfaced, Zabuza used the captured shuriken to destroy while jumping to avoid the second one. It seemed like the entire plan failed but in that moment several shuriken rained from above. Naruto apparently was launched in the air, thanks to his clone, and now was diving towards his opponent. Zabuza was surprised to see his opponent in the air and instinctively fell back thus releasing the prison and moment later Naruto dropped into the lake. As Naruto managed to resurface and saw Kakashi and Zabuza in a blade-lock with Kakashi blocking Zabuza's huge blade with his kunai.
"Nice job, Naruto. Now get out of water before we start fighting. It might get messy." Kakashi said while wrestling with his opponent.
"Hmph. The kid got lucky, nothing more. I lost my concentration and…"
"Don't flatter yourself. You were forced to let go. Now it won't go as easy. I won't underestimate you a second time."
"You can dream. I won't be defeated by a mere imitation." Zabuza said and immediately jumped back breaking the deadlock. Naruto managed to get to the shore but decide to stay on the spot rather than rejoining his team. This way he they would be capable of supporting their sensei from different places. So he climbed the tree and watched the fight on the lake. He noticed that his sensei had done the same thing in the exact same time. Just as Zabuza started making hand seals Kakashi began doing the same thing. Naruto couldn't help but wonder at the sheer number of the seals and speed at which they were being done. For him it was an almost a blur.
Finally two water dragons rose from the lake and headed towards each of the combatants only to crash into each other just before hitting any of them. Zabuza and Kakashi meanwhile engaged in the fight. Naruto thought that Zabuza with his zanbato would have a huge advantage but Kakashi seemed to hold his own very well against better armed opponent. After exchanging few strikes they again retreated and stood in front of each other. No words were exchanged but Zabuza was visibly upset that he couldn't land a decisive blow. Kakashi on the other hand didn't look any different than usual. Only way to tell that he was serious was absence of any emotion and raised forehead protector. For a second they both stood and waited for their opponents move.
Then they started to move. To the onlooker it seemed really strange. The two men started a series of movements like raising their hands or making a few steps to the side. While doing it both looked like a mirror image of each other. Naruto didn't know what to think. "Is Kakashi-sensei copying that guy? Or is it the other way around? They're doing the same moves at the same time. Something strange is going on here."
"…read your mind?", came Kakashi sensei's voice across the lake. It sounded like end of the thought. Zabuza seemed utterly stunned but he wasn't given a chance to calm down as Kakashi immediately started another technique. He quickly performed needed seals while Zabuza's eyes widened when witnessing the technique. A whirlpool rose in front of Kakashi and launched Zabuza spiraling across the lake. He hit the tree on the shore and Kakashi didn't waste any time and charged his opponent pinning him to it with a few kunais. After that he landed on the tree branch and looked down on his opponent.
"Can you see the future?" Zabuza asked.
"Yes, this is your death." Kakashi answered. Just then two senbon needles hit Zabuza in the neck and he collapsed on the ground. Naruto jumped a bit as both of them came from the tree he was standing on. Kakashi looked surprised but immediately collected himself. He got down from the tree and checked Zabuza's pulse. After a few seconds, he looked up from the body to the tree from which the senbon came and on which Naruto was hiding. Naruto looked up from his position to see another person standing above him. This person wore gray and blue clothes and a porcelain mask with swirling design on it. "I never knew he was here. How long? Where did he come from? What is he doing here? And why did he kill Zabuza?"
"You were right. It was his death." the person said. "I was tracking him for the last two months. You have my gratitude for helping kill him. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go." With those words he suddenly appeared near the body and then disappeared with it. Kakashi looked upon the scene stoically as all of it happened.
"Sensei? What is going on?" Naruto asked clearly confused.
"He was a Hunter Ninja. Their job is to pursue and capture missing nin from their village and then dispose of their bodies. This one was from the Village Hidden in the Mist." Naruto jumped down from the tree with Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna joining them from the other side of the lake. "But we shouldn't drop our guard just yet. Something is not right here."
"Shouldn't we track him then?" Sasuke asked.
"No. He could lead you to ambush. Besides maybe I'm just overreacting. Nevertheless you'd better not drop your guard. There may be another ambush in front of us."
With that the entire team got back into their formation and marched towards the village. Few minutes after Naruto and Sasuke noticed that Kakashi was not exactly himself. He seemed distracted. He didn't take out his orange book but instead focused on their surroundings. H scanned them several times before his eyes settled back on the road. But as soon as they started going he stumbled and collapsed on the ground.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura and Naruto shouted.
"So what do we do now? We wait till he wakes up?" Naruko asked.
"Baka! We must take him from here. We don't know whether there are other men of Gato in the area. How far is your house, Tazuna-san?" Sakura asked
"It's not far. Just several more minutes and we'll see the village. My home is just few steps from there." Tazuna answered
"Okay. Naruto make a couple of these clones of yours and help carry Kakashi-sensei."
"Hey Teme! You heard Sakura-chan let's carry sensei."
"Hmph. Someone has keep lookout on the road Dope."
"Teme…"
"Get to work!"
"What's wrong with this team. One moment they manage to pull off incredible stunt and moments later they start bickering like small children. Will I be alright with them? Or will I even be still sane after this ends?, Tazuna thought when he looked at the team that was protecting him.
- The next day, Tazuna's house -
Naruto woke up early in the morning and immediately started to dress. Kakashi-sensei didn't regain consciousness since yesterday and they didn't know when that would happen. Something was strange here but he just couldn't put his finger on it. But that wasn't important right now; there would be time for thinking later. Right now was time to train. He tried to leave the room as quietly as possible so as to not wake Sasuke up. He knew that it was unlikely. Sasuke was rookie of the year after all. But as long as he didn't stick his nose in other people's affairs it was okay with Naruto.
It didn't take him long to find a suitable clearing in the nearby forest. Going through his usual regimen he started to think about the situation. "On the way here we were attacked twice. Both times by ninja. We somehow managed to win both times. Even a boss like Gato will need time to hire more men. Not to mention that he will have to do it before the bridge is finished. There is chance that he won't have time to hire any more ninjas. And by the way, that hunter ninja was damn good. To kill someone with these needles. I wonder how he did that. After all it didn't look like he struck any of the vital points that Zabuza mentioned. I'll have to ask Kakashi-sensei how that is possible." Finishing his morning routine he started to go back to the house thinking on the eventual excuse to give to his teammates as they would probably be up.
He was about to reach and open the door when they suddenly hit him on the head. He fell back and landed on the grass in front of the house.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Sakura said standing in the door and looking on Naruto who tried to get back to his feet.
"I was... eh... talking a walk?" he answered nervously.
"Baka! What would happen if someone attacked you?"
"Hehe... Sorry Sakura-chan. I guess I didn't think about that. Are going somewhere?"
"I was just about to go looking for you. Geez! You always do stupid things. Now get up will you. Kakashi-sensei has woken up and wants to see us." After that she went back inside leaving Naruto to follow her. "It's good that sensei is awake but why would he want to meet with us while he's still recuperating?"
Upon entering the room Naruto noticed that Kakashi was tended to by a pretty black haired woman. But still it seemed like he barely noticed what was going on; his eyesight was dazed and unfocused. Still it seemed like he was recovering surprisingly fast considering that he was totally out cold when they brought him here. He looked like he was concentrating hard when Sakura went inside the room with Naruto.
"Hey sensei, you're up!" Naruto shouted as soon as he was in the room.
"And I'll stay up as long as you won't try to shout me to death. Now be quiet and listen. It seemed that I missed few important clues yesterday. It may very well be that Zabuza is still alive."
"But you yourself said that Zabuza was dead when you checked him!" Sakura said in disbelief.
"There are techniques to simulate death and in fact senbon needles are perfect tool for that. I'm not making any excuses. It was my mistake for not noticing before but now we'll have to concentrate on training. Zabuza is also wounded and exhausted from our battle so we have some time before he strikes." Kakashi stated.
"Yahoo! Training finally." Naruto said jumping in the air.
"Shut it Dope, it's not like it'll help you." Sasuke quickly tried to tune down his teammate's enthusiasm.
"Just you wait and I'll show you who's the best on this team!"
"But will you be okay sensei? You just woke up and are still recovering from the previous fight." Sakura threw in with a worried tone.
"Don't worry, I've been fighting in worse state." Kakashi stated as tried to get up from the futon. "Okay, but crutches would've been useful still." He said after few minutes of futile struggling.
After several minutes they got to a clearing in the forest near the house where they were staying. It took them so long because of Kakashi-sensei's crutches.
"Okay, this place will do well for this training." their sensei said as soon as they reached the place. "And we'll be learning tree walking. Without hands."
"What? But that's impossible!" Sakura shouted and Naruto was standing right behind her and nodding his head all the while Kakashi was slowly walking towards the nearest tree.
"Oh really?" was his only response as started to walk on the tree bark without any tools or his hands. His students stood on the ground and desperately tried to figure out how to do it. Meanwhile, Kakashi reached one of the branches and started walking upside down on the branch until he reached the end of it.
"Now listen up cause I won't repeat it. In order to do this you need to gather chakra in your feet and then releasing a steady flow of it walk on the tree. Unfortunately there is no set amount of chakra needed for everyone so you need to find it by trial and error. It'll be easier if you gain momentum before trying to climb the tree." He then he took three kunais and threw them at the feet of his pupils.
"Each of you take one and mark your progress. Just slash the tree when you reach better height."
After that was said all three took the kunais and started to prepare for the exercise. Each of them chose a tree while Kakashi was now sitting on the branch looking at them. "Well then, let's see how far they'll get in their first try." he thought as his students started the exercise.
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