Just outside of the village of Seishuku, Naruto arrives on the forest area and sees his uncle with the two white foxes.
"Let's get started already!" Naruto yells.
It's been 4 days since he arrived in the village and he has fully recovered from his injuries.
"What are you going to teach me?" The eager boy asks.
"Patience, Naruto. We have to condition your body first. You're out of shape."
"NO WAY!"
"Have it your way then. Shiroi, Howaito (points to Naruto), FUKA TAMA!"
Naruto ducks and covers his head as he sees the foxes shoot out balls of electricity from their mouth.
"WAIT!" Naruto puts his hands up and one of the electric ball hits his hand.
He wriggles his hand as electricity surges through, causing him to spaz in pain. Ryo comes to him and helps him to his feet.
"How am I suppose to dodge something that fast?" Naruto asks while groaning in pain.
"You need to be able to see things very quickly before you learn this jutsu. You have to learn to react very quickly and the only way to do that is through practice. Here's what you're going to do: you are going to play hide and seek with Shiroi."
"Uncle, that sounds stupid." Naruto whines.
"You are going to keep an eye on Shiroi, and guess where she is hiding: the tree on your left, the rock in front of you, the stump beside it, or the tree on your far right. If you get it wrong, Howaito's going to start shooting fuku tama in your direction. You could dodge them if you like but he won't stop until you get hit. And, I've got to warn you these beasts can last all day long. Well, I guess that's all for now. Until you can see their movements and attacks, you won't learn the jutsu. I'll be back by sunset to pick you up."
Ryo leaves Naruto with the snowy creatures. Naruto stares at Shiroi and waits for her to do something. Shiroi barks and disappears in a blur—leaving Naruto baffled. Naruto looks at his options and goes for the rock on his right and finds it empty. As soon as he turns around, a ball of electricity heads his way.
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Kakashi makes his way to the Hokage's office and finds Sakura eavesdropping at the door.
"What are you doing?"
"Sensei!" Sakura yelps. "It—it's just that Jiraiya-sama has returned—"
Kakashi barges in the office, with Sakura following from behind, and finds Jiraiya and Tsunade in a serious conversation.
"Kakashi, could you please knock before you enter?" Tsunade' voice sounds irritated.
"I'm very sorry, but I heard that Jiraiya-sama is back in town."
"No need to get worked up Kakashi. Tsunade temporarily halted the search for Naruto."
"Why?" Kakashi asks.
"The documents that you and Kurenai obtained had Orochimaru's war strategy, but most importantly a blue print of a new lab in the hidden village of Mist. Jiraiya just returned from the Rain village and found an abandoned lab of Orochimaru." Tsunade explains.
"In the lab, I found people who died from the torture of Orochimaru's experimentations. There were two survivors, who died shortly in the hospital. Their faces were gruesomely scarred and their bodies were no longer human. Orochimaru did some very sick andcruel things to those people and we have to stop him from doing thatagain.That blue print indicated that the lab in the hidden village of Mist is new. That means that there are people in there who are being treated like guinea pigs,or that Orochimaru is living in his new hide-out."
"You want to infiltrate the lab." Kakashi concludes.
"What about Naruto?" Sakura brings up.
"Jiraiya will infiltrate Orochimaru's lab. Kakashi, Asuma, and Anko will go with him. If Orochimaru is present in that lab, I want at least one sannin on this mission. Sakura, you will continue searching for Naruto along with team 8." Tsunade watches Sakura's happy expression. "But, if we don't find him soon, we have to stop looking. We have other things that we should be concerned about."
"Then we'll find him." Sakura states.
Jiraiya smiles at the pink haired girl, "I'll give you a list of the places I've visited in my search."
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The sun is almost setting and Naruto's lying on the ground breathless. He's getting better at dodging Howaito's attacks but he still hasn't made any progress on following Shiroi's movements. Attempting to do the exercise again, Naruto falls on the ground and clenches his stomach.
"This is too hard." He says to himself. "I've even tried Kage Bunshin to have extra eyes, but she's still to fast for me to see."
Naruto sees footsteps approaching his way.
"You ready to call it a day?" Ryo asks.
"It's impossible to follow Shiroi."
"You think so?"
Ryo nods at Shiroi, who disappears in a flash.
"Did you see her go behind the rock?"
Naruto sees Shiroi pops up from behind the rock. Naruto looks up at his uncle in amazement.
"Try to squint your eyes and follow the white blur. That'll help you in tracking her." The uncle advises as he lifts Naruto on his back. "You're chakra level's too low to continue training."
"No, I'm fine." Naruto whines.
"You can barely walk. You'll have plenty of time tomorrow."
"Can't you just tell me about the jutsu and why I have to do this."
Ryo laughs and says, "No."
