New and Improved
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A/NAuthor's Note
"blah" talking
time lapse
Chapter 4: The Great Naruto Bridge-Part 2
It's been a day since the fight and they were currently in Tazuna's house.
When Kakashi woke up, he was still too weak to move. Naruto was hanging right next to his face, it was his slap that woke him up.
"How long have I been sleeping?" he asked.
"Two days," Sasuke answered. He was sitting in front of a go board, losing to Shikamaru.
"Nothing has happened," Shikamaru added, taking even more of Sasuke's black pieces, "We got a doctor to check on you and you aren't fatally wounded, it'll just take some time before you're back to normal."
Nodding, he asked for a towel to sooth the stinging of the many red marks on his face. Mentally, he promised revenge to Naruto, who had caused the slap marks.
As if reading Kakashi's thoughts, Naruto went to join the boys on the other side of the room, far from his sensei.
Everything was peaceful until Inari came in at dinner and told them that fighting was useless. Tazuna scolded him before apologizing to them.
When Inari continued, Naruto started an argument that caused the younger boy to run to his room.
When Naruto followed him, he heard him crying about his father, sadly, he left.
In the Woods
"This exercise is to teach you chakra control," Kakashi explained, "To learn this, you'll have to go through training.
"What kind of training?" Naruto asked.
"Tree climbing," Kakashi stated.
Both Shikamaru and Sasuke face-faulted.
"How will that help our chakra control?" Shikamaru asked.
" Listen to the end," Kakashi scolded," This isn't normal tree climbing, you can't use your hands."
Seeing the two's confused looks, he showed them and walked up the tree with his crutches. "You probably won't get it the first time, don't worry, most people don't."
Walking back down again, he told the two boys to try it.
He then told Naruto that he wanted to talk to him. They walked into a clearing that was out of the others' hearing range.
"I know that you don't have chakra," Kakashi stated
"I don't?" Naruto asked.
"Naruto, you don't need to act all cluless. All you use is taijutsu and I can't feel an ounce of chakra in you. I noticed it while I was in Zabuza's cage. How it's possible with the demon fox in you, I don't know, but I'll train you more in your taijutsu," said Kakashi.
Thinking back, Naruto noticed that he never used any kind of jutsu in their battles and he kept forgetting to loosen his hold of his chakra out of habit.
Not wanting to do tree climbing, he decided to play along.
"How are you gonna train me?" asked Naruto.
"I want you protect Tazuna-san while he is working on the bridge while wearing weights," Kakashi stated.
"Okay. How much?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi thought for a bit before answering, "...How about 10 pounds, for starters?"
Naruto: TT
Grinning, Kakashi led him back to the others. He was surprised when Shikamaru had already reached the top.
Naruto was also surprised, 'How does he control it so good! It took me 2 monthes to do that!'
Looking closely, he saw that Shikamaru didn't have as much chakra as he and Sasuke did, making it easier for him to control it. He also had good control since his family's secret jutsu required it.
Sasuke, however, had a worse time controlling his.
Kakashi praised Shikamaru on his control and told him to follow him. He told Sasuke to keep trying.
Once they arrived at Tazuna's house, he gave Naruto the weights and the 2 genin went with Tazuna as he walked to the bridge.
When they came back, Naruto helped Sasuke so that he could bond with his onii's little brother.
At first the Uchiha refused, but gave in after his 10th fall.
"Okay, I know Kakashi-sensei told you to run up the tree but it'd be easier if you walked up it first," said Naruto.
Sasuke nodded and tried it. He went up 5 feet above his last mark and then fell.
Grabbing a tree branch on the way down, he didn't get hurt.
"Try to feel the tree's chakra with your own. Then match that amount and you should be able to stick to the tree. Try to focus on maintaining that balance and not on how far you will get," Naruto advised.
Nodding once again, Sasuke closed his eyes and probed the tree with his chakra.
Then he copied it and slowly walked up the tree. Sometimes he stopped to make sure he didn't use to much or too little chakra.
He finally reached the top and found out that it was already nighttime. He was about to inform Naruto about his success but couldn't find the blonde anywhere.
Naruto had left a few hours back when he saw that Sasuke didn't need any more help. He had too much extra chakra and had to find a way to release it.
He decided to use it up on practicing. He created a clone of himself and attacked, all the while using his chakra to ensure that it wouldn't turn into smoke.
He attacked with basic taijutsu but switched to genjutsu and ninjutsu when he realized they were evenly matched.
Koukakyuu no JutsuHe yelled, only to realize that all it did was burn a piece of wood to a crisp.
The clone appeared (let's call it Kage-Naruto) behind him and did a roundhouse kick. Naruto dodged it but was sent flying from an uppercut kick.
He flipped gracefully in the air and landed on his feet. Kage-Naruto charged at him and they attacked at close-range.
Then Naruto found an opening and used chakra to enforce the open-palmed blow he gave. The fight continued on, tilting in no one's favor but still getting both fighters pretty beat up.
By the time he was done, Naruto was exhausted and fell asleep, Kage-Naruto had already disappeared.
Haku found him and they talked for a while. It ended up with Naruto being very shocked; he had just found out that the beautiful girl was actually a guy.
Maybe's he's gay...
Still tired he walked back home and collapsed in his chair. I pushed myself too hard, I used up all my chakra, he thought.
"What happened? You look like something chewed you up and spit you out," Shikamaru drawled.
"Thanks a lot, Shika," he retorted, "I was training."
Sasuke quirked an eyebrow. "When'd you leave, you didn't even stay to see if I reached the top," he said with a hint ofdisappointment.
"I knew you were gonna do it, congratulations," Naruto replied, "Ya know, you should talk like that more."
Sasuke looked confused, "Like what?"
"Talking with some kind of emotion other than annoyance," Naruto stated.
"Hn," Sasuke said, annoyed.
"Exactly not like that!" he exclaimed.
"Shut up, dobe," Sasuke retorted.
Naruto pouted and sat back with a sigh.
Kakashi watched the whole exchange. Their teamwork is getting better, but how did Naruto, who has no chakra, help Sasuke get up the tree?
Kakashi was about to ask him when Inari came in and for the second time, said that they should give up.
Naruto yelled at him, saying that he shouldn't wallow in his sorrow.
Inari shouted that he would never know how it feels like to lose a parent; that he had such a lucky life. Then he started crying.
Naruto's body went rigid and Kakashi was afraid his student might do something to the younger boy.
Hiding his inner rage, Naruto just said that he understood it well, and that crying was for weaklings and babies.
With that said, he went back to his own room.
Later on, Kakashi found Inari outside and explained to him how Naruto never knew his parents and that he had been alone all his life. (He doesn't know the sennins took care of him.)
The next day
Naruto woke up with a massive headache. Nevertheless, he ran towards the bridge when he found out that the others had left without him.
On the way, he saw a boar and the surrounding trees cut into pieces.
The people who did this were either heading towards the bridge or to the old man's house. I'll bet on the latter, he thought.
Turning back, he rushed towards the house. When he arrived, he saw Inari charging at 2 men.
Brave, but very idiotic, he thought as he used kawarimi no jutsu.
The 2 men blinked as they cut through a piece of wood instead of flesh.
Naruto handed the boy to his mother and made quick work of the assassins.
He told the boy that he was brave and to make sure the men didn't escape. After that, he ran to the bridge.
He was thinking as he went, I don't have a lot of chakra... I should be careful...
A few minutes before with the genins and Tazuna
On the bridge, all the workers were either dead, unconscious, or had ran away.
Suddenly, a thick mist surrounded them and an all too familiar voice reached their ears.
"Long time no see Kakashi. I see you are still with the brats... He's shaking again, poor kid."
Ten Zabuza clones appeared and surrounded them.
"I'm shaking from excitement," Sasuke smirked.
"Do it Sasuke," Kakashi ordered.
Sasuke destroyed all the clones in under a minute.
"It looks like you have a rival...eh Haku," Zabuza stated.
"It does indeed," Haku, the masked hunter-nin from before, answered.
The two boys started to fight. Kunai met needle as Sasuke proved to be as fast as Haku.
"I have two advantages over you." Haku said calmly."What are they?" Sasuke said, slightly interested.
"One, the water on the ground, and two, I have stopped one of your hands." Haku said.
Haku then used his other hand to perform a series of seals.
Water started flying around them and turned into razor-sharp needles.
Haku jumped away to avoid the attack. By channeling his chakra to his feet, Sasuke did the same.
Haku was confused on the younger boy's whereabouts and barely dodged the four shurikens sent at him.
Sasuke surprised him even more by appearing behind him.
Using his left arm, Sasuke tried to hit him with a kunai.
Haku dodged it so Sasuke sent it flying his way, then he gave him an uppercut kick that sent the masked boy flying several feet back.
Zabuza was surprised, Haku never lost at speed.
"I can't have you underestimating my team by calling them brats," Kakashi commented,
"Sasuke is Konoha's number 1 rookie. Shikamaru is the #1 lazy bum and a genius. (Kakashi, like Asuma, has tested his IQ during a game) And Naruto is the #1 loudmouth in the village (5 months in the village and he already got the title ) and may be the #1 taijustu specialist of the year."
Zabuza laughed, "We might have some competition here, Haku. We can't have that, now can we."
"No we can't," Haku answered, performing a series of seals.
Special Jutsu: Demonic Ice MirrorsTBC
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Shikamaru was staring intently at a dome made out of mirrors. When Naruto looked, he saw Sasuke, on the ground, unmoving...
Oh, shit! Itachi's gonna kill me for letting his otouto die!...
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