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Sakura isn't the best at a lot of things but her chakra control is much better than Sasuke and Naruto's, they decide to liven up training by trying to do some chakra control while Kakashi and Sakura are out shopping.
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Unbalanced Chakra Control - Ouch!
"Naruto are you quite finished now!?"
"Only because you can't handle ramen"
"Shut up dobe!"
"Sasuke's right, are you quite done now? This is your twentieth bowl and I still need to buy Sasuke a phone!" Kakashi sniffed as he looked into his empty wallet.
"You said all I can eat and I can eat a lot more"
"Kakashi-sensei! Come on let's go shopping!" Sakura ran in behind them.
"Sakura you weren't part of our deal"
"I know but Kakashi-sensei said he'd take me shopping if I pay Naruto's ramen bills!"
"So sensei I thought we spent all your money" Naruto added between slurps
"Oh I won't be spending my money"
"Why's that?"
"Iruka gives me money to keep the apartment clean on my half" Kakashi mumbled. "Sakura no doubt your ninja skills need improving so once we've been shopping I'll focus on improving your skills, and because you have good chakra control it will be easier"
Sakura ignored him. "Kakashi-sensei, before you go anywhere you need to change into some decent clothes…"
"What's wrong with these?" he looked at his vest and shorts combination
"For starters you don't do too well in shorts…any shorter and then they could pass as Gai-sensei's summer outfit!"
"Ah" she dragged him out of Ichiraku's and back towards his apartment.
"Sasuke…he left without paying and I er…spent all my money on that storage ramen ehehe…" Sasuke glared daggers. Every time they leave him to pay Naruto's bills. 'Sakura had better pay me back later!'
"Now that Sakura and Kakashi have gone shopping what do we do now?"
"You are going to stop eating ramen"
"Ok this is my last bowl, and then we can train it off"
"We?"
"Fine, I can train it off, you can just help" Naruto grinned and cleaned the bowl
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After prising Naruto away before he could eat another bowl, Sasuke suggested that they make the training interesting. "Sakura is with Kakashi practising chakra control"
"Actually I think she's shopping…"
"We can practise chakra control and that will make our attacks more powerful"
"That would be more fun…look out Sasuke I'm going knock you off your feet!"
"Really?" If Naruto had understood that Sasuke wasn't thinking in that way, he would have inquired more into the way in which Sasuke had said 'really?'
"Yes, I've been practising controlling my chakra and I'm pretty good at it" He demonstrated in the palm of his hand pooling a whirl of chakra.
"Now how are you going to have it hit me forcefully" his companion mocked.
"…like this!" He forced the chakra glowing hand at Sasuke punching him lightly in the arm.
"Was that supposed to do something?"
"Er…yeah, it was supposed to send you flying"
"Dobe"
"It worked when Neji did it? Let me try it again" he asked before Sasuke cut in. "Idiot It's Neji's own form of taijutsu passed down through the Hyuuga Clan" Ignoring these words Naruto repeated the action, this time punching harder to see if more force worked.
"Hn, let me try it"
Concentrating chakra into his own hand, Sasuke formed his hand into a ball and watched it glow; he then struck out on a tree with everything he could muster.
"Was that supposed to do something?" the blond teased
His hand rebounded off the tree making no mark at all. He glared back at Naruto who was laughing at his blunder. "Hn…it's not that easy but at least I got somewhere…unlike someone"
"Huh, hey at least I managed to gather a lot of chakra in my hand"
"Hn, you hit like a sponge, I didn't feel anything"
"Only because my target…can't feel anything!" Naruto felt frustrated, Sasuke was no better than he was at this kind of thing.
"Hn" he smirked. 'Dobe, how wrong you are'
"Stop smiling like that, it's not funny! Even without extra chakra strength I can still beat you…grr!" Naruto clenched his fists. "Watch this!" Sasuke could sense something wasn't quite right and assumed it was Naruto creating clones or something. He watched him take a running jump and aim a low kick at the tree, his foot made contact but the tree seemed perfectly normal.
"…"
"…whatever this just so happens to be a strong tree, I will do it before you Sasuke, I won't be beaten"
"Hn" their heads darted upwards and their quick reflexes allowed them to jump out of reach from the falling tree branch. The landed in a pile some distance away. Sasuke clutched at his shoulder and the top of his arm, while Naruto clasped his leg. Both were in agony.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura saw the tree break and witnessed them dive out the way. Kakashi followed behind carrying lots of full shopping bags (Poor Iruka, better work overtime at the Academy) "Are you ok!?"
She knelt down next to them, both with pain pulsing from their limbs. "Sasuke, Naruto what happened?" Kakashi was also by their side. "Did the tree fall on you?"
"Uhh, we…were…practising…chakra…control…before…the…tree collapsed" the Uchiha managed to say through waves of pain.
"Yeah…ahhh…and…now...our limbs…hurt"
Kakashi studied their symptoms carefully. "I see the problem here"
"You do Kakashi-sensei?"
"They over exerted themselves by not completing chakra control and rushing into things…basically they have strained their muscles and are now writhing on the floor"
"Wait, I don't get it why did this happen all of a sudden?"
"They forced out a lot of chakra in order to attack the tree, they didn't let the chakra flow gently instead it was released jaggedly, effectively like a chain-saw, this tore at their muscles and the sudden movement when they dodged the tree branch caused them to strain these muscles and reduced them to this jelly state"
"Oww!" The moaning was evident that what Kakashi said was logical.
"Dobe…why did…I let…you talk me into…training with you?"
"Stupid Sasuke…you…brought this on…yourself…acting like a know-it…all"
"It's understandable to throw insults around but right now save your breathes"
"Shouldn't we take them to Tsunade-sama or the hospital!? Kakashi-sensei?"
"Pfft, why all they need is to stay in bed for a while and refrain from moving for the next couple of weeks"
"Kakashi-sensei, I think that the Tsunade-sama will know what's best"
"Alright, help me get them up"
The boys moaned and groaned more when Sakura helped Naruto onto Kakashi's back and he took hold of Sasuke in his arms. "Don't you want me to carry or help you?"
"No, because I am going to transport myself there" in one poof he was gone.
Sakura frowned "Great I guess I'm walking then"
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"Kakashi! What have you been letting those boys do?" Tsunade wasn't in the best of moods.
"Some training here and there…Are they ok though?"
"They'll survive, they are in good condition"
"What's the problem then?"
"I'm going to have to cancel missions, which means we have one squad less and no money coming in!"
"Oh er…here have my wallet; I need a new one anyway…"
"Kakashi this is Iruka's wallet, it clearly states 'Umino Iruka' on it"
"Er…I have to go! Bye!" he snatched the wallet back and poofed away. Tsunade sighed "Shizune! Naruto and Sasuke can go home; they may need to live together for a while though, unless they want me to hire baby-sitters"
"No! Tsunade-baachan! I don't need looking after, I'm a ninja and ninja doesn't need a babysitter!" Naruto burst through the door limping in on crutches.
"Then you won't mind staying with Sasuke till you both recover. He has currently lost the use of him arm and you of your leg so help a friend out and stop listening to my private conversations!"
"Sasuke…SASUKE!" he yelled before leaving slower than he would do if he hadn't had to use crutches and found his way outside the hospital building. "What's his problem?" Tsunade pondered as she watched him through the window.
"Sasuke! This hadn't better be another one of your plans to make me stay with you!" He grumbled as he made his way to meet the Uchiha at the gates.
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A\N: Sorry for the lateness, but here is another chapter, that has no plot at all but hey it's random after all.
I've almost finished with this fic maybe another couple of chapters or so but thank you so much for all your reviews :D
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