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DISCLAIMER: All Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto-sensei except Kazara Yume.

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'Boy, they sure are quiet. I guess I shocked them with that last one…' Yume thought as the five Genin in front of him almost had their jaws on the ground. 'If Naruto's anything like me, then five… four… three… two… one…'

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN SUMMONING!!??" All the birds in the immediate area took flight out of alarm.

"Demo, Yume-sensei! Kuchiyose no jutsu (1) is a Jounin level jutsu! How can you expect us to perform it!?"

"I don't. At least, not right away. We'll work you up to it, but you guys need to learn how to harness your Chakra." Naruto looked confused.

"Chakra… that sounds familiar… what is it again?" Everyone fell down anime style.

"Naruto-san…" Haku let out a sigh of exasperation.

'I really don't feel like explaining it all over again…' Yume thought. "Ne, Sakura? Could you explain it to him?"

"Un. (2) Listen, Naruto! I'm going to explain it simply. At least TRY and remember it this time with that nice, smooth brain of yours!! Simply put, Chakra is the energy a shinobi needs when performing a jutsu. That energy has two parts. The body energy that is in each of the billions of your cells. And the spiritual energy gained through training and other experiences. These two parts are combined. So by bringing out and releasing Chakra, you can use a jutsu. This is done through the process of performing a seal with the hands."

She was taught well. Yume thought with a smile. "Good job, Sakura. I see you really were the top of your class." Sakura beamed under the praise.

"Ne, ne Otousan!! I didn't understand a lick of that, but if you just tell me how to do it, my body'll learn how too!" Sakura squashed the urge to beat Naruto senseless with a club because one, his dad was here, and two, they were friends.

"Naruto's right." Sasuke spoke up. "We already know how to use Jutsus."

"Bzzt! Wrong answer, Sasuke. Like Sakura just said, when you release Chakra, you bring out physical and spiritual energy and mix them together inside your Inner Coils System. There are many different types of Jutsus… Katon, Suiton, Doton, Kazeton, Raiton (3)… and based on what jutsu you use, the type and amount of Chakra that is used will be different. Not one of you five is using your Chakra effectively yet. Even if you use tons of Chakra, unless you can control it properly, the jutsu will be weakened or not even work at all."

"Ano, h-h-how do we i-imp-p-prove that, Yume-sensei?" Hinata asked.

"Simple. We climb trees."

"NANI!?"

"Why don't you come on out, Kakashi?"

"Kakashi-sensei?" Haku asked. Sure enough, the laid-back ninja walked out from behind a tree.

"You want me to demonstrate, right?"

"Ne, ne, Otousan!! How do you Kakashi-sensei!?" Naruto yelled. Kakashi walked over to Yume and embraced him.

"I was waiting for you to wake up, sensei."

"I tried, Kakashi, I tried." The two friends let go of each other. "You're still reading it, eh?" he pointed to a corner of an orange book sticking out of Kakashi's pouch. A guilty blush spread over his face.

"Jiraiya-sama writes the best stories." Yume let out a groan.

'I pray to every deity up there that this pervert thing skips generations, I really don't want Naruto turning out like Jiraiya…' Sakura raised her hand.

"Ano, Yume-sensei? How is that training?" Hinata gulped when he merely smiled a slightly evil smile.

"Oh, this isn't normal tree climbing. You can't use your hands."

"NANI!?" Yume nodded at Kakashi. Kakashi nodded back and walked up to a tree. Instead of stopping, he just walked right up the tree, perpendicular to the ground.

"Sugoi…" Hinata murmured. Naruto and Sakura merely gawked, and Sasuke nodded to himself. Kakashi kept walking out onto a relatively thick branch and stood upside-down from the bottom of the branch."

"Do you understand now? Gather the chakra in the bottom of your feet and climb up a tree. This is something you can do once you have a good amount of control over your Chakra."

"No offense, Yume-sensei, but how is climbing trees going to make us stronger?" Haku asked.

"I got this one, sensei." Kakashi spoke up from the branch. "Here's the point. Listen up. The point is… First, to teach you how to control Chakra, to bring out the proper amount to the proper area. As he said earlier, this is the most important thing when using a jutsu. This can be difficult for even a skilled ninja. The amount of Chakra needed to climb a tree is small, but it must be exact. And it's been said that the sole of the foot is the most difficult part of your body to gather chakra. So basically, if you can learn this level of control, you should be able to master any jutsu. Theoretically, anyway…" Yume nodded.

"The second thing…" Yume took over. "…is for you to develop the stamina you need to control your Chakra properly. Depending on the jutsu, controlling your Chakra properly can be very difficult. And a ninja will usually be gathering his Chakra during the heat of battle while moving constantly. Those types of situations make controlling Chakra even more difficult. That's why, from this tree climbing, you must gain the stamina needed for this proper level of control. Well, us yakking away all day won't help anything." Yume embedded a kunai in the ground in front of each Genin. "Use those kunai to mark how high you make it up the tree. Then use that mark as your goal and try to surpass it. You won't be able to just waltz on up the tree at first, so why don't you try a running start?"

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"So, what do you think is going to happen?" Kakashi asked while the two older men watched the kids begin.

"Naruto's going to fall on his butt like I did. Sasuke's going to use too much Chakra and be repelled. Haku will almost make it to a lower branch, and Hinata's lack of confidence will only let her get a little higher than Naruto. Sakura'll probably make it to the first branch." Sure enough…

"AAAUGH!!!"

WHAM.

"Itai…" Naruto moaned as he nursed a new bump on his head. Hinata fell back down soon after.

'I knew I couldn't do it…'

CRACK!

The tree that Sasuke was climbing had a small foot-shaped crater halfway up the trunk.

'I used too much Chakra…'

"Kuso!" Haku swore as he marked the tree and landed on his feet. "I almost made it to the first branch…"

"Hey, this is easier than I thought!" Sakura said. Everyone looked, and wouldn't you know it, she was sitting on the lowest branch with a goofy smile on her face. Sasuke cracked a small smile.

"Way to go, Sakura-chan!! That's my girl!!" Naruto yelled. "Although it kinda pisses me off…" he muttered. Hinata looked down at the ground.

"She's head over heels in love with Naruto, isn't she?"

"Mm-hmm." Kakashi replied.

"And he's completely clueless, right?" Kakashi snickered. Yume let out a frustrated sigh. 'Why do I have an urge to drive my head into a tree? I can't waaait to see what will happen when they all hit puberty… Oh, Kami, now I know how Tsunade-kaasan felt with me and Natsumi-chan… Why me!?'

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Alright, I know I said this would be longer, but I'm going out of town, so I was rushed to get this thing out. I cranked it out in an hour and a half… --;

AUTHOR NOTES:

(1) Kuchiyose no Jutsu – summoning technique

(2) This is a casual way of saying yes.

(3) Fire-type, Water-type, Earth-type, Wind-type, and Thunder-type respectively.

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