Chapter 2

The next morning

"On we go my students!" yelled Kyo.

"Yippeee! Yay! Wahoo!" screamed Wolf.

"..." said Jynx.

"How troublesome." yawned Kaneda.

Really not much happened except for an excess of food that Wolf caught. He was an incredible annoyance with the constant chatter to the birds and other animals that showed up during the trip. Kaneda wasn't any help at all either with him some how sneaking off when we had to set up camp. Wolf would snicker whenever Kaneda disapeared. Somehow Wolf always knew where Kaneda was. But that was no help at all, he wouldn't tell. So it ended up being Wolf and Jynx who did most of the work, but Wolf didn't mind at all, he never did. Jynx, as usual, just didn't say anything.

It had been about a half a week since they departed; yet Team 5 was only about 3 quarters of the way through the forest. There was still the desert to deal with. This trip would most likely take at least another 2 weeks.

"Hey kids! Now that I have taken stock of your skills, we can start the real training. First up, Tree climbing!" said Kyo loudly.

"Whaa?" asked Wolf. Kyo smirks as she walks towards a tree and walks up it. Soon she reached a large branch and was hanging upside down with only the soles of her feet touching the tree. She disappeared in a puff of smoke to appear right side up on the ground. She throws three kunai, throwing knives, at the ground in front of the three kids. Kaneda and Jynx each pick up one while Wolf ignores the last kunai.

"Tree climbing is done by gathering Chakra, a mix of body energy and mental energy also called life energy, at the feet. The feet are the hardest place to control you Chakra. If you can get your control to the point that you don't have to concentrate, think of how fast you'll be able to control your Chakra," lectured Kyo, "I expect you to have at least managed to get up as high as possible. Begin!"

Wolf quickly turns to Red-Eye, "Go hunt. I'll be fine." Wolf and Jynx each sprinted towards a separate tree while Kaneda walked towards his tree. Wolf managed to run about ten feet up the tree before slipping and nearly planting his face into the bark of the tree. He quicly brought up his hands to latch into the tree. The second his fingers touched the tree they started to glow yellow. Huge furrows were dug into the tree as he slid down the tree. Both Kaneda and Jynx let out a long slow whistle at the claw marks the started at ten feet and went straight down to the bottom.

"So the rumors of the Daruna Sharp Hand style were true," said Kyo in admiration.

"I think I used to much Chakra sensei..." Wolf fainted. After Kyo checked to make sure that Wolf was all right she looked up at Jynx.

"So you have quite a decent chakra control Jynx? Keep going back and forth till you get to tired. This will give me an idea of how much Chakra you have," ordered Kyo. She turns to Kaneda, "Aren't you going to try?"

"Meh," shrugged Kaneda. Kyo fixed him with a glare that promised much pain. "OK! OK! I'll do it. Geez!" mumbled Kaneda. Taking a moment to center himself he put a foot onto the tree. To make sure that his foot stuck he attempted to pull his foot off of the tree only to have it slide right off. He put his foot back up to try again to have it slip off again. He turned and glared at Kyo, "There's a special trick for this for our family, ISN'T THERE SIS!"

"Actually there...," Wolf starts to stir, "We'll talk about this tonight," said Kyo. Wolf opens his eyes, "Where's Red-Eye? I can't sleep without him." Kyo chuckles and pick him up. The sun was beginning to set so it was time to set up camp.