Author note: Small note here, I generally attempt to avoid these but I was curious if you guys would be interested in a normal team set up or something modified? Let me know through PM or review. Also went back through and cleaned up the chapter before this. Also shortish chapter today sorry people.
It was to an incessant knocking that Naruto awoke to. He looked around the room eyes bleary eyed with sleep and confusion before he realized he was still with the Yamanakas. The room was comfortable and Naruto was warm under the blanket. He had almost thought about drifting back to sleep before Ino's voice came through the door.
" Naruto! Wake up! Someone saw Kakashi come through the village gates early in the morning and I want to play more before you have to leave." Naruto instantly found himself more awake than he was before. He threw the blanket off and started changing quickly into day clothes. A bright blue shirt and a pair of black ninja pants were thrown on before Naruto flung the door opened to a surprised Ino who instantly turned around and started heading outside.
The sun wasn't all the way up in the sky, instead it was lazily floating along the horizon barely three quarter of the way risen. The chill wasn't full gone from the early spring air and his breath came out in small mists. He was out the door and off to the little training area they had frequented while Naruto was here. It wasn't long before Ino joined him with a light indigo coat covering her giving her a modicum of protection form the cold. Naruto knew once they started, she would toss it aside.
" SO what are you thinking Ino? Throwing training or…?" Naruto said to her as he began stretching limbering up for whatever they would be doing.
Ino joined him in stretching before she answered, moving her limbs in small circles loosening herself up so she would have her full range of movement. " Actually I was thinking a full contact spar, no weapons. I need to know how to fight against someone physically faster and stronger than me. If you don't mind of course." Ino said as she finished her own stretching and adopted a combat ready stance her body shifted slightly to the side providing a smaller target for Naruto to aim at.
Naruto grinned at her with that big smile he had and nodded at her before taking his own stance. It was very loose mirroring Kakashi and Minato's own styles focusing on precision and speed and not just on raw strength. He stood with his back mostly straight while leaning slightly to the right his left hand was hung loosely at his side while his right was cocked at a rough angle that hand resting at the tip of his pocket. If they had been using weapons Naruto would have been at an optimal position to throw something as a preemptive strike, however since this would be a taijutsu fight it was mostly a wasted effort.
Ino looked at him in his fighting stance not recognizing it immediately and that put her on guard. She didn't wait for ihm to use his superior speed however and instead launched herself forward kicking up a small amount of water and grass from her movement. This placed her directly in front of Naruto already swinging her fist at his unprotected head.
Naruto saw the punch coming at him and swung up the arm he would normally use to throw something batting aside her hand and sweeping his leg out attempting to trip her up. He didn't wait to see if he would hit instead moving directly into his next move which was to make some space so he could reset. He accomplished this by springing backwards from the leg he didn't use to kick out with. It placed him just two steps away but that was more than enough room for him to bring his defense back up.
Ino picked herself up off the ground quickly. Flipping up to her feet left her in a decent defensive position and she planned on taking advantage of it letting Naruto come to her this time.
Naruto noted her position low to the ground not moving forward and he moved up to capitalize by jumping over her low position landing behind her while striking out at the back of her head. Ino barely had time to wrap her slender arm around his and pull on Naruto's extended arm. This left him off balance and open to Ino's follow up attack which was an open palm strike to his stomach. The blow hit true knocking Naruto's breath from him causing him to wheeze.
Naruto staggered backwards trying to regain his breath but he was harried by Ino who pushed her advantage and landed a blow on his right shoulder. Naruto finally got his breath back and clenched his teeth at the blow to his shoulder. He saw Ino moving in to strike him once again and waited for her to come. When she went for the kick to his side, Naruto instead of taking the blow slid under the kick and upset her balance by flipping her onto her back at which point he followed up with a powerful blow to her side and then while she was stunned he put his shoe to her throat. Not hard as if he wanted to crush her windpipe but the threat was there.
Ino wheezed out an "I give up" before Naruto leaned down and gave her a hand to stand up with. They reset and went at it again. Training until the other got a kill shot or immobilized the other in some way. Come the end of the training Naruto was ahead five to three. They were both sweating heavily by the time it was all over. They laid together on the ground breathing hard resting after the major physical exertion they had just partaken in.
This was the sight Kakashi witnessed as he sat in a tree nearby with a adventure Manga in his hand. In truth he had been there since a bit after their second fight but he figured it wouldn't hurt to see how they did. Overall he was impressed with both of them and he was definitely going to let Inoichi know about it. Ino had performed well versus someone who was physically faster and stronger than she was. And Naruto had shown that he wasn't some crazy berserker by constantly coming up with new plans and avenues of attack. He released a moderate amount of chakra and suddenly a second copy of him appeared silently. It knowing its mission headed out to go inform Inoichi of what he had seen and that he was treating the kids to lunch.