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3 More... You're Out!

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"Tree climbing!" Sakura said appalled.

"Yeah." Kakashi said on his wooden crutched, he eyed Kyo who was currently standing to the right of him listening to them talk.

Sounds boring... Naruto's head went down in dismay.

"What kind of training is that?" Sakura said scowling at the idea, she moved her hands at her hips.

"Well listen up." Kyo said. He attempted to get the attention of the tree with a louder voice. "This isn't normal tree climbing." He paused, bringing up his gloved hands to show, "You'll climb without using your hands." He looked towards the genin, there expressions seemed to brighten.

! Climbing without your hands! Sasuke prepared to listen closely, it might be useful for when he plans to avenge his clan.

"Sounds fun!"

"...? How?"

Kyo turned to Kakashi and asked him to do an example with him, the two sensei's formed the sign of the ram with there hands-enabling chakra to there feet.

"Well...Watch." Kakashi said. He moved with his crutches and proceeded to the tree calmly walking up the tree as if it was the earth.

Motions spread across there faces: Shocked, confused, and skeptical.

Kakashi climbed up till he was upside down similar to a bat position.

"..."

"There climbing..."

"Vertically."

Kyo put his hands in his pockets as he stood on a tree parallel to Kakashi. "Do you understand now?"

"..."

"Gather your chakra in the bottom of your feet and climb up a tree." His eye curved into a smile, since his mask covered his mouth. "This is something you can do once you can use Chakra well."

"Wait a minute! How is tree climbing going to make us stronger!" Sakura said, still skeptical about this whole 'training' operation.

"Here's the main part." Kyo jumped over to Kakashi's tree, "Listen closely."

"The purpose of the training is..." His eyes drooped back into a zen state at Sakura's interjection. "First, to tach you how to control Chakra." He looked down-up at his feet. "To bring the proper amount to the proper area." ... "As I said earlier , this is the most important aspect when using 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 is said that the bottom of the foot is the most difficult area to gather chakra.

"So basically...If you learn this control, you should be able to master any jutsu. Theoretically. . ."

Naruto perked up at the words-master-any-jutsu.

"The second thing is for you to develop stamina needed to control chakra properly. Depending on the jutsu controlling your Chakra can be difficult. And a ninja will usually be gathering his Chakra." He lead on to an example, "During battle while constantly moving. Those types of situations make controlling Chakra more difficult.

"That's why, from this tree climbing, you must gain the stamina needed for this proper control." Kakashi thumbed three kunai from his pocket, he looked down at his students. "Well, me talking all day isn't going to accomplish anything." He pulled the kunai by his head and prepared to through them, " This is something you'll have to learn with your bodies."

FWIP! The kunai landed at each students feet. "Use those Kunai's (dagger-like objects) to mark how high you make it up the tree." He continued. "Then use that mark as your goal and try to surpass it. You guys won't be good enough to just walk up the try at first. So try to get some momentum and try running up the tree. Got it?" He advised.

Naruto pulled the kunai out of the ground he was beaming with confidence, "This training means nothing to me! I could do it before breakfast!" He wagged the kunai at the silver man's face, "Cause I'm most improved." He boasted.

"..." Sasuke shook his head in mirth.

"Why don't you stop bragging," Kakashi advised catching onto Kyo's thoughts, "Pick a tree and hurry up and climb it!"

On there first try there footprints became imbedded in the tree's bark, Naruto was squabbling on the ground like a dead bug shaking his hurt head, "Ahh!"

Kakashi looked onto Naruto and Sasuke observing them both. Well... That's about the difference between those two...

"This is pretty easy!" The four "men" looked up at the voice.

Kyo looked at Sakura, she had made her mark at the top of the tree-and on her first try. She stuck her tongue out at them.

With a cactus like bump in his head Naruto called out, "Sakura-chan!"

Kyo smiled and crossed her arms pleased at the girl's actions. Good job, Sakura. He began putting Sakura in the spotlight, "Well...well." She jumped off of her tree and landed on the ground as swiftly as a feline. "Look who is up there." He pointed to the pink-haired genin.

"It looks like the best at controlling Chakra right now is...Sakura."

Sasuke looked down not meeting the jade eyes. Can't believe she got farther than me.

Naruto praised her, and his bump still evident on his head, "Wow! You're great Sakura! That's the girl I put my confidence in!" Though I am a bit pissed off.

I wanted to impress Sasuke... She bent her head down in her own personal shame, that Kyo couldn't understand.

"Wow. Not only does she know a lot about Chakra. But her control and stamina are quite

good. As of now..." He drawled, off his smile crinkled and he directed his attention to the two boys of the group. "Sakura is the closest to Hokage..."

That grabbed Naruto's attention. " Unlike a certain someone..." He trailed off.

Kyo's senses became alert when she felt Naruto's chakra heighten, her eyes narrowed as she tried to figure why the sudden change. She turned her head to Kakashi and found out the problem was him. Well, in a way he was contributing to her original goal.

Only a number of more strings to the Kyubbi comes out...

She spoke continuing the provocation, "I guess the Uchicha clan isn't worth much either."

Sakura pointed a finger to her sensei Kyo, "Shut up, sensei!"

Redrawing his thoughts Kakashu eyed the two genin boys. Of course, Naruto and Sasuke have uncomparably greater amount of Chakra within them. If thus training goes well, they could prove to be powerful assets.

While Naruto was reassuring his place as Hokage be inwardly promising that he would catch up to the, teme.

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Sometime A Couple Days Later, Yeah...

SAKURA'S POINT OF VIEW:

Sakura yawned as she entered the room filled with people and commotion, she peered over at Kyo and she nodded her head when she understood that was his reply for a good morning.

She wore her sack over her shoulder, and she stepped down from the elevated space in the abode. She looked to Kyo and then to the table once she had looked at almost everyone she spoke to her sensei. Well, he spoke to her his voice was at a monotone level-a hidden meaning still stalked behind the picture, "Naruto didn't come back last night?"

Kyo chewed on the senbon that he had in his mouth, his arms were crossed but no emotion could be read. Because there appeared to be none.

Sakura rubbed her eyes tiredly and answered the question, "He's been climbing trees ever since Tazuna-san told him the story." She yawned and looked up at her Sensei. "Why?"

Kyo shook his head, changing the subject. "So...Tsunami?" He looked at her his deep eyes concerned.

"How will he survive with all of his chakra drained?"

"Don't worry." Kakashi assured the woman. He gave her one of her empty smiles witch by her reaction eased her back into a better mood, though he could still feel the tension.

"I don't know...It wouldn't surprise me if he was dead." Sasuke argued. Sakura could hear the way her dream guy said, "That moron..." Under his breath.

Inari looked at Sasuke quietly and soaked up those words like a sponge, dead?

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The Next Day- Seventh Morning of Training

Sasuke passed by a girl with a pink and brown kimono, the girl had eyes very similar to his sensei's he noted. He watched the passer byer with suspicion, only till he came upon Naruto.

Naruto was sitting on the ground his head turned in confusion. This is a weird world...

Back With Kakashi, "Kyo", and Sakura...

"Where is Naruto?" Kakashi asked simply. He paused waiting for her answer, but catching on that Sakura didn't know he spoke again stating a fact. "He left again by himself last night."

Sakura shook her head pink tresses moving as she tried to think of a way to answer the previous question. "He's missing breakfast. Plus Sasuke goes off on a walk and doesn't come back..."

-FWISH!- A kunai flung down at them at an alarming speed, Kyo searched for enemies but looked up and smiled when she saw this sight.

Kakashi and Sakura followed her example shocked to see a blonde haired Konoha ninja on the top of the tree, panting from fatigue.

Sakura's jade eyes widened in surprise, "He can already climb that high?" Wow.

Kakashi's eye was emotionless but he smiled at his inward victory. Tazuna owed him 1000 yuri now.

"What do you think!" Naruto yelled from the top of the tree. He was leaning on the branch like a puppet with all of his strings cut off. He wobbled and fell off.

Kakashi and Sakura's eyes widened as they awaited the crash, luckily a very depressed S-class crimanal made a cushion for him to land on.

Naruto opened his eyes when he felt something warm under him. He sat up, and heard an grumble of complaint.

He turned to see who or what he was sitting on.

"Get off of me, Naruto." Kyo said in a very uncomfortable tone.

Naruto squinted his eyes letting his brain absorb the new information.

"Sensei!"

Kyo nodded pushing him off.

Naruto scrambled on his feet and rubbed the back of his head apollogeticlly. "Sorry." He muttered. -WHACK- Naruto's head had now grown a cactus on the back of his head. He turned to see what attacked him and realized it was a shoe. And a strange one at that.

The design was a plain black unlike the all around-blue sandals of Konoha. He picked the shoe up his mouth a gape then turned at the person who threw it. Sakura.

"You baka! Look what you did to Kyo-kun!" She pointed to the jonin who's back was bent as he held it.

Sakura hit Naruto on the head before coming to aid her sensei. "Kyo-sensei? Are you okay?" She placed her hand on his back, allowing him to straighten up.

He nodded and a loose vile containing green liquid came out of his pants pocket as he jerked himself(herself) up. "Yeah, I'm fine Sa-!"

-crack-

The vile was broken and all the contents spilled on the earth floor, Kyo's pupils enlargened and hastily told them that he would clean this up later.

He turned towards the forest as he felt the fumes of the toxin come into his nostrils backfiring the potion at a very very very slow- (slower than Shikamaru slow) back to her female state.

She cursed, patted Naruto on the head and Sakura on the head; sent Sasuke a murderous glare- and bolted out to the spacious forest. Hoping that he would not need to explain himself.

The rest of the genin spoke up. "What was that about?"

Naruto turned his head to Kakashi but closed his mouth when he realized his other master left. On the ground there were the crutches and broken glass.

What's going on here!

Sakura picked up the foreign shoe she had discovered earlier and though out loud, "Like a Cinderella."

"Then were's the prince?" A mocking voice whispered in her ear, she didn't recognize the sound as any of her teammates. She turned her head to see the person - and she saw a blue face. She widened noticing his head-band was scratched. Missing nin. Wearing a strange fixation she was knocked out by an object.

The last thing she heard was the voice of a threat, "Now how would Akatsuki ever get there old member back-"

"-if you were in the way?"

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Sorry about Lack of updates! I have had school and i had lots of stuff to study for. And besides, I had lack of motivation- a mini writers block.

Hope this didn't stink too bad!

-Theif of the Sand