Naruto – The Series
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"….." Speech
'…..' Thoughts
"Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke turned around and saw Kakashi standing there, with, as always, his hands in his pockets. "Kakashi. I was looking for you, actually."
Kakashi smiled under his mask. "Well then, why were you looking for me?"
"About our missions. When will we begin again? I expect higher rank missions now." Sasuke explained with arms folded on his chest.
Kakashi sighed at Sasuke's attitude. "No problem. In fact, you, Naruto and Sakura will be having missions alone."
Sasuke frowned slightly and tilted his head to the left a bit. "Alone?"
"You with me. We have been given a mission. To capture the Sound-nin Spy Kabuto." Kakashi announced in a very ordinary way, as if this would be a breeze.
"Kabuto.. Yakushi? He's a spy? I knew something was off with that guy." Sasuke said calmly. "This is perfect. Is he strong, Kakashi?"
Kakashi took a serious look. "I'm guessing he's on about the same level as I am."
"What? But… Kabuto's a Genin, right?" Sasuke let out completely surprised. "He can't be as strong as you."
"Oh, he is. He tried to kill you or perhaps capture you, when you were in the hospital, during the Chuunin Exam" Kakashi explained. "He's a clever one."
Sasuke let out a very small laugh, like "Himphh… This could be very good for me."
There Where When is Now
- By TokehGecko
Chapter 2
"Why must he be killed, Kakashi?" Sasuke asked.
"He is a great danger to Leaf Village. He was a Leaf Village Ninja, and therefore knows lots of secrets that were to remain within Leaf Village." Kakashi answered immediately, he knew Sasuke was going to ask this.
"So, he's kind of like, kind of like Zabuza then, right?"
Kakashi hesitated in answering. "Well, kind of…. I liked Zabuza more."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Well, let's get rid of that pretend to be goody-two-shoes then."
Kakashi smiled warmly at Sasuke's comment. "Very well."
And both disappeared from where they just stood.
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"Haruno-san?"
Both Ino and Sakura looked up at the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade.
Sakura was puzzled as the Hokage needed her for something, "Yes, Hokage-sama?"
"Could you come with me?" Tsunade said with a big grin stuck on her face. 'I kind of like being called Hokage-sama.'
Ino watched the two leave her alone, and simply walked away to her parents' flower shop. 'Sakura must've done something stupid… again.'
'I wonder when our missions will start again.. It's getting boring here in this Village.'
Back to Sakura and Tsunade.
"Sakura. I have a few things to tell you."
Sakura nodded and beckoned to go ahead.
"Well, compared to your team mates, Naruto and Sasuke, you don't seem to improve as fast as they are."
Sakura opened to say something, but decided against it.
"Now, both Naruto and Sasuke have already been given missions and they both have already left the village."
Sakura's eyes widened a bit. "Sasuke-kun's gone? But I just saw a few minutes ago."
Tsunade smiled. "He left a few minutes ago."
"And Naruto?"
"Naruto left yesterday. I'm surprised you didn't know."
"Naruto and I, we don't talk that much. But neither do Sasuke and I."
"They're distancing their selves from you, aren't they?" Tsunade asked. 'The same thing happened to me in the early days.. Orochimaru and Jiraiya were both so strong in the beginning.'
Sakura looked at the ground. "I… we've never been… close, actually." Sakura had trouble making conversation with Tsunade.
"Well, I've decided to power you up, Sakura! Maybe if you're stronger, their respect for you will grow."
Sakura looked up at Tsunade with hopeful eyes. "I… I would like that!"
Tsunade watched her reaction. 'Well, I was just like her when we were the same age… Odd…'
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"Impressive.. I never thought you were this good.."
"You regret challenging me, then?"
Neji grinned wickedly. "Not really." Neji paused slightly. "Though I don't have Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, like Naruto, I can still develop my own skills, like you have."
Shino narrowed his eyes behind his glasses as he watched Neji carefully.
"Taiyuu Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
Shino had made 5 clones. And now Neji had also made 5 clones through Taiyuu Bunshin no Jutsu. All of the five Neji's were now performing the Opening Points Attack.
'Hmmm, this could be hard… as expected.' Shino thought.
'Impressive… To be able to let all the clones use that skill. These guys are all way above average.' Jiraiya thought with a big grin. 'I was hoping to view the younger generation in battle.'
"Awesome!! Awesome!!" Naruto screamed. "See? See That? Shino, you better watch out!!'
Neji closed his eyes for one small instant, and then it began: 64 Points Attack!!
Each Neji Clone attacked a Shino Clone
"2 Hands!!" "4 Hands !!" "8 Hands!!" "16 Hands!!" "32 Hands!!" "64 Hands!!"
Each Shino Clone dropped to the floor. Neji made all his Clones disappear, and one was left.
'What the.. ?!' Neji was surprised to see all the Shino's easily step up. 'Impossible!!'
Jiraiya chuckled softly. 'As I expected, the Aburame Clan is invulnerable to the Opening Points Attack.'
"What the hell is going on?!" Naruto screamed. "How can he stand up like that?!?!"
All the Shino's dusted themselves off. "Hmm.. What you saw as the 64 points in my body would of course be the correct 64 points. But because I lend my Chakra to the bugs inside my body, those points are not used to store Chakra in. The bugs Store the Chakra. It is important for you to know that your Jyuken won't work against me either. For the same reason; the bugs are my body."
'Damn…. I'll have to abandon the usage of the 64 Points Attack and the Gentle Fist against this guy. I'll… simply use Kaiten if necessarily. I will not lose..'
'Let's restart…' Shino took on a fighting stance
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"Where are we going, Kakashi?" Sasuke asked during the tree jumping.
Kakashi took a glance at the jumping Sasuke, "The Sound Village.. Jiraiya and Naruto have encountered Kabuto earlier on. Jiraiya told me he saw the Sound
Emblem embedded on Kabuto's headband."
"I see." Sasuke said. "But.. aren't we in war with the Sound Village?"
"Yes, we are." Kakashi answered, not caring that they are, or so he appeared to feel about it.
Sasuke frowned at his un-worrying sensei "Aren't we going to get, well, killed of we just get over there?"
"Sasuke, this is high rank mission." Kakashi paused. "We can die on missions like this." Kakashi paused again. "Of course it's important that we don't die, though."
"But…. I don't understand, if we just go there now…. I'm not strong enough.."
Kakashi smiled. "We are ninja's, we'll get to Kabuto, and will get in Sound Village unnoticed. We wouldn't be called ninja's if we can't pull that off."
Sasuke seemed to think at that. "Hmmm.." He smiled shortly. "Thank god that loud Naruto isn't with us now."
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"Come on!! Why am I not seeing any action!!! Weaklings!!" Naruto screamed.
"Can't you be silent for once, little brat!!" Jiraiya snapped at Naruto.
Naruto flipped a bit, as well "What?! Shut up, you Old Pervert Sage!!"
"It's Jiraiya, Damn it! Should I make GamaBunta step on you!!"
"What?! GamaBunta will listen to me and step on you!! He has respect for me!!"
"Hahaha!! For a foolish little twit like you!?! Not a chance!!"
"Oh, like he would have respect for some old wrinkled pervert!!"
"Why you!!" Jiraiya stepped one step toward Naruto.
"Harem no Jutsu!!"
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"Feathery Sleep? Can I really learn that?"
"Of course. It isn't that hard." Tsunade said. 'Ok, it's a Jounin level Skill. But if she masters this, she will be able to choose from a big variety of elements to use Jutsu's from.'
Sakura complied. "Ok, I will try it, Hokage-sama."
Although Tsunade liked the Hokage-sama, it kinda made her feel old, and that's one thing she didn't want to feel like. "Call me Tsunade, Sakura." Tsunade seemed to pause in mid-thoughts. 'Hmm, Tsunade-sama sounds good too…'
"The first thing you do, is extract all the Chakra out of your body, and put it in front of you."
Sakura seemed puzzled. "Uh.. How?"
Tsunade explained again, "Well, raise all your Chakra… you can walk tree's right?"
Sakura nodded quickly.
"You place Chakra under your feet then. Now place ALL your Chakra in front of you, in front of your face. For all I care, on your nose."
Sakura frowned, but concentrated nonetheless.
Tsunade watched as the Chakra began to form, slowly, but at least it came. 'Nice control she has… Kakashi was right. Considering control, Sakura is the best in her team.' Tsunade smiled. 'This won't take long…'
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Both Neji and the five Shino's looked at thirty nude sexy young ladies. And they were all hugging Jiraiya.
'Strange Jutsu… somehow, you are what I find… funny, Naruto.' Neji thought as he saw Jiraiya faint.
All the Shino's frowned at all the nude lady's and shook his head 'What a waste of precious Chakra. But… what an…. Interesting… technique' The Shino's took a closer look at the bodies.
"Don't let your guard down so easy!" Neji said as he rammed his fist hard down one of the Shino's faces. With that attack, Neji continued his assault at this one Shino and planted an elbow hard on his jaw. Not letting Shino fall, Neji quickly grabbed Shino's left arm with his own left arm, slipped it beneath his right armpit and made his right elbow land on Shino's face again. Four impacts later, Neji released Shino, kicked him on the knee of his left leg, which made Shino crouch, and then kicked Shino hard through the sunglasses. Shino fell down. All this was done in very high speed.
The other four Shino appeared on the sides of Neji, who was still exhaling deeply from his attack. The left and right Shino both tried to land a punch on Neji's face, but Neji jumped upwards, so that he wasn't surrounded by them anymore. The one Shino he had attacked rose from the ground and seemed completely healed.
'Damn…. He's really good.. Now it's just a matter of how many Chakra he possesses..' Neji watched carefully as three Shino's disappeared from sight. Neji had deactivated his Byakugan, but was turning it on again.
"Trying to get me off guard won't work. I can see all around me" Neji explained. "You'll just have to attack me head-on."
One of the Shino's suddenly spoke up, "Are you sure you can see all around you?"
Neji frowned at what Shino was insinuating. "Yes."
Suddenly, a hand crushed the ground beneath Neji and planned on grabbing Neji's feet. But Neji had already jumped away.
Neji landed safely a few feet away with a small smirk on his face. "Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu, huh? I never expected you to possess that Jutsu."
Shino jumped from up under the ground, and landed, sand was hanging in the air surrounding Shino. 'Hmm, attacking this guy could prove more difficult than I thought. And on top of that, I don't own any elementary Jutsu's.'
Neji smiled. 'He's keeping up the Copies.. Isn't he afraid to waste Chakra?'
The Shino's crouched slightly and prepared to attack Neji head-on. Three Shino's threw kunai's, each clone threw four. The other two Shino's prepared to dive at Neji.
Neji's closed his eyes, he didn't need to Byakugan to know the outcome of this, he simply smirked. "Kaiten!!"
All the kunai's were deflected easily, and one Shino flew back a few feet. One Shino, however, waited for Neji to stop spinning. Neji, foolishly enough, had his eyes closed and was acting too confident. Once Neji stopped spinning, Shino grabbed him from behind, the three Shino's that threw the kunai's were approaching Neji.
Neji gritted his teeth. "Devious.. But will it be good… ENOUGH!?" Neji was gritting his teeth to make Shino release his hold on him so now he was trying to get free with all his power. Shino after this, had trouble in holding him.
But the three Shino's were already right in front of Neji. Neji put chakra under his feet and rammed his feet against two Shino's, somersaulted himself loose from the one holding him and landed behind him. After that, swept Shino's feet from beneath him, but this Shino didn't connect with the ground, but with Neji's fist, as he performed an uppercut on him. Now one Shino was left before him. Neji jumped in the air, vanished, or simply used great speed and appeared behind Shino. He punched Shino on the right side of his face. As all Shino's were lying on the ground, he sighed and seemed satisfied.
But, one Shino was left, the one he had blown away with his Kaiten, his Heavenly Spin. Neji didn't expect him to still be standing and was surprised when he appeared before him. Shino put all his power in the blow he gave Neji on his face. Neji couldn't block, he was too surprised Shino had recovered so quickly from his Kaiten.
Neji landed a few feet away from the remaining Shino. But he stood up, with not too much trouble. 'Truly impressive. To recover so fast from the Heavenly Spin…' Neji chuckled. "This is very interesting.. But one punch isn't enough to defeat me, Aburame-san. I will not let myself be surprised by you again. Let us begin anew."
"I give up.."
Neji's eyes widened. "What?! Why?!"
Shino chuckled very shortly. "It seems I have used up too much Chakra." All 5 Clones fused into one Shino after he said that. "I can't even make one Clone anymore." Shino looked up from the ground at Neji. "It seems I have reached my limit against you. Though I do not feel I have lost."
Neji deactivated his Byakugan. "Fine." Neji sighed. "I guess it's over. It was a pleasure fighting you." Neji started thinking. "Against the Aburame Clan, my abilities are quite useless… I'll have to learn more skills.." Neji looked over to Jiraiya. "Maybe… he can help, after all.."
Shino spoke up again. "I have to depart. Hinata and Kiba are waiting for me. We are to go on a mission." Shino looked up at the older man. "May I ask, where you are heading?"
Jiraiya smiled. "Of course. We are after Gaara."
Shino's eyebrows shut up a great deal. It was clear his eyes were widened. 'They're after the guy from the Sand Village?'
Neji noticed his change in appearance. He didn't need to use his Byakugan to specify why. 'He clearly fears Gaara… I wonder… will my own abilities work against that Sand guy?'
Shino crouched and prepared to jump away from the scene. "I…. wish you good luck, then. Goodbye." Shino jumped and vanished in the trees.
Naruto frowned at his departure but soon started yelling. "Yeah, Yeah!! Great, That was Great!! You beat him, Neji!!"
"Not entirely…" Neji said. "I'll have to train more.. to defeat someone on fatigue alone isn't enough for me."
Naruto frowned again. "I… see.." Naruto looked up at Jiraiya. "Pervert SenNin, Pervert SenNin!! Where are we going now?"
Jiraiya looked down at Naruto. "We're heading for the Sand Village. We've got a long way to go, but that means we have plenty of time for training."
Neji smiled. 'Perfect.'
Naruto screamed. "Yeah!! I wanna grow stronger!!"
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'Impressive to say the least. Although putting Chakra under your feet is the hardest part to put Chakra, putting ALL your Chakra there is quite impossible. But putting ALL Chakra in front of you is harder than some under your feet.' Tsunade thought as she observed the now hard-working Sakura. 'You're on the right track, Sakura.'
"Ok, so, what do I do now?"
Tsunade smiled. "You are a Leaf Village Ninja, Sakura."
Sakura seemed quite puzzled by the statement.
Tsunade grinned wildly. "Think about Leafs!"
Sakura frowned as she didn't understand why she would think of leafs when she was putting so much effort in controlling the Chakra before her. "Why Leafs?"
"Have you ever been taught about flowers in school, Sakura?" Tsunade asked. 'This will be so easy…'
Sakura nodded dumbly.
"Well, certainly, you have heard of flowers that have leafs that can put someone who touches those leafs, to sleep."
Sakura's eyes widened as she understood where Tsunade was getting at. "Roger!"
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"Wait."
Sasuke came to a stop on top of a tree branch and took a look at Kakashi.
"What's wrong, Kakashi?"
Kakashi faced Sasuke. "I think it's time to learn some new Jutsu's for you."
Sasuke frowned. "Do we have the time?"
"You have that much confidence that we can beat Kabuto just like that?"
"What do you mean? You're stronger than him, right?"
Kakashi put his hand under his chin. "Well, I guess…"
Sasuke grumbled. 'What kind of answer is that?'
"I think it's important to have some insurance… but what technique would be useful?" Kakashi seemed to consider Sasuke. 'No, Sasuke doesn't have enough Chakra for the Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu.' Kakashi smiled shortly. 'I guess I'll have to develop his Sharingan then..'
"Sasuke-kun, do you think you fully control you Sharingan?" Kakashi asked.
Sasuke nodded, he was completely sure how his eyes worked.
"You know how to hypnotize your enemy then?" Kakashi asked with a grin.
"Hypnotize?" Sasuke asked. "I didn't know that was possible."
"Itachi did it on us when he was present in the Leaf Village" Kakashi noticed Sasuke flinched by the name Itachi. 'Sensitive you are, Sasuke… How to keep that hatred in check?' Kakashi saw Sasuke was waiting for him to explain. "Itachi used a stronger version of the hypnotising powers of the Sharingan, though. One he
himself had developed. The Mange-Sharingan… One I can not learn, but you can.. Let me first teach you how to use the hypnotising aspect of the Sharingan.."
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"Leee!!!!"
"Gai-Senseeeiiii!!!!"
"I'm so HAPPY!!"
The two people were embracing each other in complete bliss. Tenten was watching them from behind as they hugged. 'Thank God Lee is alright, he deserves to carry out his own wishes.'
"Lee! I know you don't want to stay in bed for the time being, BUT, it is important… you do!" Lee asked, with a finger in the air.
"Roger!!" Lee shouted. "But… I feel perfectly fine…"
"I know you do, but if you go out now, you'll have to use a lot of stamina just to stand. You might ignore that fact and still walk, but you can die if you walk too long. So training is definitely out of the question!"
Lee's shoulders were slumped forward. 'This is no fun…'
"Although they advised for you to stay in for at least a month, I know your abilities and know that you're able to train in a week." Lee explained. "We already have a mission ready!"
Lee changed from sad to very enthusiastic. "What-What kind of mission, Gai-Sensei!?"
"Infiltrate the Sound Village…" Gai answered.
Tenten and Lee both seemed to hesitate in being happy about that.
"We'll be receiving help from Kakashi and one of his pupils.. Uchiha Sasuke." Their team is receiving missions for each person already. "Neji…. Won't be joining us.."
Tenten and Lee both yelled out a "Wha?!"
Lee pointed his finger toward the sky, he seemed to have a question. "But… why?! Don't we need all we can get for the Sound Village?"
Gai smirked. "We have all we need…" Gai narrowed his eyes. 'Kakashi and I will deal with the stronger ninja's in the Sound Village. His pupil and my pupils will deal with the weaker ones. Lee and Sasuke are already incredibly strong… This is perfect, While Lee rests, I can train Tenten, this way, she too, will be strong enough.'
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"But… can I form Leafs using my Chakra?" Sakura asked Tsunade.
Tsunade chuckled before answering. "Possible, but very hard. But the reason that we are training outside, in the middle of my garden, is that you use your Chakra to implant some of your knowledge of the flowers that cause sleep into the leafs lying around my garden. Then you put Chakra on them and control the movements of the Leafs. I think you can figure out the rest by yourself."
"I.. I understand! And I've been concentrating to change my Chakra into those certain leafs the entire time." Sakura asked.
Tsunade smiled. 'Indeed you did.. But what surprised me is that Sakura almost succeeded in changing her Chakra in leafs. I guess her Chakra Stamina isn't that high, but her potential considering Chakra possibilities exceed that of her team mates. That's very interesting.. Maybe…. She might even be able to learn Blood-Limit Techniques…Unlikely…. But it'll be a first..'
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Neji, Naruto and Jiraiya were walking in slow pace as they were all in deep thought. None of them seemed to be bothered by the slow pace.
'Orochimaru….. isn't stronger than me…. Maybe equal.. But he can easily defeat these shrimps' Jiraiya thought as he took a glance at Neji and Naruto. 'Like Tsunade did with Naruto, and she was just playing at the time. Naruto was finished and Tsunade only used one finger.. I'll have to make them stronger fast. What would be a perfect training for them?' Jiraiya thought of their mission for a moment. 'Hmm, Naruto can probably beat Gaara, but I have my doubts about Neji.. I'll have to train him a little harder than Naruto. Naruto can easily improve on himself… But I'll give him good instructions.'
'Damn…. I've lost to a Genin Rookie in the Chuunin Exam, and now I couldn't even use my own skills against another Genin Rookie. This doesn't please me.. What can I do to improve myself? Improve my TaiJutsu? Learn more Genjutsu? No, Ninjutsu might even be smarter. Elementary Jutsu's.. But first I will improve my Kaiten…. I can't stand the fact that the Aburame Clan can so easily recover from my Kaiten..'
'Man… I'm hungry….'
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Sasuke had his Sharingan activated, as had Kakashi as they stood, facing each other.
"Now.. when you observe your opponent with your Sharingan, what do you do?" Kakashi asked Sasuke.
"I just try to keep up with him and try to see through his moves." Sasuke explained flatly.
Kakashi smiled gently as he closed his eyes. "That's good… nut never try to keep up with your opponent." Kakashi said. "Try to be a few steps ahead of your adversary, it is very possible with the Sharingan. The iris twirls when you do so, this is when the hypnotizing aspect makes its appearance."
Sasuke frowned. "Twirls? Can I feel when it does so, Kakashi?"
"No, you can't, it's just natural, you'll just have to think of it as Chess.. Think ahead, and it instantly kicks in. With the Sharingan you can't see the future, but it can create a future, a future you want the future to be."
Sasuke gave Kakashi a slightly confused look. "I … see.. How can the Sharingan create a future?"
Kakashi smirked, tilted his head to the side and closed his eyes. "Make your opponent look into your eyes, and begin to tell how the battle will continue… Your enemy will, simply, believe you."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "That's… how you defeated Zabuza the first time, didn't you?"
Kakashi nodded shortly. "Yes. But I have to warn you, the Sharingan draws out a lot of Chakra Stamina, and you, like I, ever the Zabuza fight, might faint ever exaggerated usage."
Sasuke smiled. "I understand. I need to be able to use this skill."
"Uhm, I will not let you try it on me, though, I have explained to you how you need to use it, try it when we encounter an enemy." Kakashi said matter-of-factly. 'Besides, he's a true Uchiha, if he tries to hypnotize me with that Sharingan of his, I might likely falter.'
"Very well." Sasuke understood. 'The Sharingan…. I will kill you with our own blood, brother..'
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"Basically, you just use leafs in the area around you, move them around, change them and activate the sleeping powder within, all with your Chakra." Tsunade explained.
Sakura followed her completely, but to do so would be much harder. "All my Chakra? I will try.." Sakura said, unsure of herself.
'The Chakra part of the skill clearly states that this is really a Jounin level Jutsu. But in the Chakra department, Sakura is almost a Jounin already, the rest is just, unfortunately, barely Genin..' Tsunade thought. 'But I will change that.. When Sasuke and Naruto return, Sakura will show them how strong she really is. '
'This is…. hard… Just concentrating in gathering leafs with my Chakra is already tiring me out..' Sakura inhaled and exhaled tiredly. 'And I have to move, change and activate them too? This is a very hard Jutsu…'
'Sakura already sees that getting past the first part is already hard.. Too high for a Genin, anyway.' Tsunade thought.
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"Sasuke… One more thing before we depart.."
"Yeah?"
"We have to wait for Gai and his team to arrive at this exact spot."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "What?! But… that's going to take a long time!"
"No. I gave him a week. Five more days are left now. He's coming.. with or without Lee.."
"I don't know of Lee's condition.. I left the hospital when they already knew how he was, when you appeared actually."
"I see.. No matter, we have these five days to train ourselves. Are you ready to get on par with me?"
"With a Jounin? I'm not even equal to a Chuunin.." Sasuke said.
"Well, you'll just have to surpass a Chuunin in these few days." Kakashi said. 'No… it's not possible.. But if he believes so, he'll at least improve a little faster.'
"Very well. I will defeat you, Kakashi." Sasuke said confidently.
Kakashi smiled indignantly. "I accept your challenge, Sasuke-kun."
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Jiraiya suddenly stopped walking in front of Neji and Naruto.
"What's wrong?!" Naruto asked. 'Must be pervert sense of knowing there are ladies here.' Naruto thought as he looked around, trying to see if there are really, maybe nude, females nearby.
"I believe it is time to take a break." Jiraiya explained.
"You have food with you, right?!" Naruto immediately asked.
Jiraiya grinned as child. "Not really, you'll have to hunt animals down." Jiraiya paused. "But now it's time to train.. Are you two ready to witness your own limits?"
Neji chuckles for a split second. "Of course."
Naruto pointed a finger at Jiraiya. "Bring it on, Pervert SenNin!!"
Jiraiya laughed. "You two seem confident." Jiraiya suddenly kicked the tree he was standing next to. Dozens of apples fell down the tree. "A warming up…"
Neji and Naruto both wondered what he meant by this.
"I'll throw these apples toward you, and you avoid them." Jiraiya explained. "Easy, right?"
Neji narrowed his eyes. 'He'll throw them with exact precision, but also with cunningness.. There's no use for the Byakugan this way… clever..'
Naruto chuckled like an idiot. "Okay, Okay!!! Throw them, Throw them!!"
"Here we go.." Jiraiya said.
With sudden movement, he threw two apples, one toward Naruto, and one toward Neji. Both dodged, though, Naruto barely and Neji easily.
Jiraiya smiled. "Now you know with what speed I'll be throwing.." Jiraiya paused. 'Of course I'll be throwing faster and harder once I think it's too easy for them.'
"Bunshin no Jutsu!" Jiraiya screamed. "Now.. A Jiraiya for each of you!! Isn't that fantastic!!"
Naruto frowned. "Not… really." Jiraiya started throwing.
Naruto barely dodged one after another. He jumped up a tree to avoid one thrown at his legs, but as soon as he jumped he had to move both his legs to the side to avoid another. After landing on a tree branch, he quickly had to duck when he saw an apple approaching his face in swift movement. He somersaulted toward another tree branch to avoid another apple. Unfortunately, for both Jiraiya and Naruto, this tree branch broke by impact, so the apple Jiraiya threw missed, and Naruto landed harshly on the ground. He had no time to recover as three apples came toward him. He moved to the left, than to the right and cart wheeled to the left again, to avoid the tree apples.
'Not good enough, Naruto..' Jiraiya thought.
Neji easily moved left and right to dodge the apples, occasionally he jumped up, and vanished with great speed, only to land on the exact same spot again. 'There is no way I'll be lead to another spot, only to fall into some sort of trap.' Neji crouched, slightly jumped and immediately crouched again.
"Very Well. Let's pick up the pace, now!" Jiraiya screamed.
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To Be Continued..
A/N: Ok, in the next Chapter: Sakura's Jutsu takes a lot of Chakra to form, so Tsunade will make train her Stamina. And What's this? Kiba and Shikamaru don't like each other?! This Chapter, as you might have guessed, was the preparation for all the trainings… Now, let their limits be known!!
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