Madoka reports to Training Ground Seven to meet the person who will be training him for the chunin exam finals. He has no idea what to expect. When Madoka reaches the training posts, he finds a teenage girl with long black hair sitting on top of one of the training posts. The girl's hair is tied back in a low pony-tail, with short bangs hanging down on either side of her face. She is dressed in dark blue pants and a shirt of the same colour, with a mesh shirt visible at the collar. On the girl's feet are knee-high black ninja sandals and in her hands are several sticks of dango. Madoka stares at the girl in fascination. Whoever this girl is, she is munching the dango with her eyes closed, and humming in pleasure as she does so.

"Um...excuse me?" says Madoka.

The girl jumps and pulls out a kunai. "Oh, it's just you," she says, upon seeing Madoka. "You are Madoka Haruno of Team Seven, are you not?"

"Yes, I am," says Madoka. "Are you the person who will be training me for the chunin exam finals?"

"Yes I am," says the girl. "But I'm grounded at the moment, so we will need to train in my family's private training grounds."

"Why are you grounded?" asks Madoka. He is curious now - this girl does not seem like the rebellious type.

The girls half falls, half jumps off the stump and throws up in the grass. Madoka runs to her side, his inner medic coming out. "Are you alright?" he asks, concerned. "Are you sure you are up to training me?"

"It's alright," says the girl, apparently finished throwing up. "I'm pregnant, not sick. That's why I'm grounded. We forgot the condom." she shrugs. "But hey, at least I don't have the chief of police chasing me all over the village like Shisui does, nope - I'm just grounded."

Madoka's brain starts working overtime. "You're pregnant...is Shisui the dad?"

"Yes."

"Then you're...Sasuke's sister?"

The girl starts laughing.

"What's so funny?" demands Madoka, indignantly.

"It's just that usually people refer to Sasuke as 'Itachi's sister'," explains the girl. "This is the first time I've been referred to as 'Sasuke's sister'."

"Oh. So is your name Itachi, then?"

"Yes, and I will be teaching you the art of genjutsu," says Itachi, standing up and brushing herself off. "In between succumbing to the symptoms of my underage pregnancy, that is." She throws up some more.

Madoka sighs. This is going to be a long month.

Sasuke waits on top of the mountain for Kakashi sensei to finish climbing up the cliff face below her. When Kakashi sensei finally reaches the top, Sasuke glares pointedly at him.

"I'm a little out of shape," comments Kakashi sensei. "That took me five minutes longer than usual."

Sasuke's glare intensifies.

Kakashi sensei finally takes the hint. "Alright, now that I'm nice and warmed up, I had better get on with teaching you."

Sasuke's glare reduces to a frown.

"The jutsu I want to teach you is one of my own invention," explains Kakashi sensei. "In fact, it the only jutsu I know that is of my own invention. I can only use it with the aid of the sharingan, however, which is why I did not tell anyone what, exactly it is I am teaching you. Let me show you."

Sasuke's frown vanishes, and is replaced by awe as Kakashi sensei demonstrates the jutsu.

"This is called 'chidori'," he tells Sasuke as a singing ball of lightning encases his hand. The whining noise is strangely pleasant to hear. "I did not name it chidori - someone else pointed out that it sounds like 1,000 birds chirping and now it's called Chidori. I prefer its other name: Lightning Blade."

Sasuke grins. She wants to learn this jutsu.

Kakashi sensei turns and slams the jutsu into a nearby rock, breaking it apart. "Chidori will be just as effective against Gaara as it was against that rock. But to use it effectively, you need speed equal to Rock Lee's. Are you ready for the hardest training of your life so far?"

Sasuke grins and nods.

"So Naruto, you're probably wondering why we are training by a river-" begins Pervy Sage, but Naruto interrupts.

"Not really," Naruto says. "I usually train by a river. Water is relaxing."

"Will you shut up and listen!" snaps Pervy Sage. "I have a legitimate reason for training at a river!"

"What is it?" asks Naruto, only mildly curious. "The first time I trained at a river, Iruka-nii drained it to show me how seals work."

"Oh yeah?" says Pervy Sage, crossing his arms in annoyance. "Well I'm not gonna drain the river: I'm going to teach you how to walk on water!"

"What, really?" Now Naruto is interested. "You can walk on water?"

Pervy Sage seems pleased he has Naruto's attention. "It's a chunin level chakra control exercise," he explains. "It's also a very useful thing to know."

"Alright," nods Naruto. "Show me how to do it."

Pervy Sage gets up slowly and carefully, probably trying to add tension or something. "Very well," he says gravely. "I will show you."

Naruto watches in anticipation. The adding tension thing is totally working.

Pervy Sage make the 'molding chakra' hand sign and says, "First, you gather your chakra into your feet, much like you do in the tree climbing exercise."

"Ah-ha," Naruto nods, eagerly. He understands so far.

"But unlike with trees, the surface of water is always changing and moving," continues Pervy Sage. "In order to stay on top of the water, you must constantly adjust the amount of chakra flowing into your feet to balance the water's movement. Like this see?" Pervy Sage walks out onto the surface of the river.

Naruto screws up his face in confusion. Pervy Sage lost him at 'unlike trees'.

Pervy Sage walks back to the shore and says, "Now it's your turn." Then Pervy Sage sits down on the river bank and watches Naruto expectantly.

Naruto gets up and walks over to the river. Ignoring the second half of Pervy Sage's instructions, Naruto focuses on the first half - the half he actually understands. Naruto channels his chakra into his feet and walk out onto the surface of the river.

Only to fall in with a splash.

Naruto climbs out of the river, looking like Grandma's cat after that forced flea bath she gave it that one time. "How come I fell in?" demands Naruto. "I did what you said."

"You need to adjust your chakra because the water is moving," says Pervy Sage. "I told you that!"

"Yeah, well you explained it all funny!" accuses Naruto. "And now I'm all wet!" Naruto takes off his orange jacket and orange pants angrily. He doesn't care if Pervy Sage makes fun of his froggy boxer shorts. Or his T-shirt, which Naruto actually got from Pervy Sage two years ago, but it didn't fit him until recently, because of his stunted growth.

Still dripping wet, Naruto tires again, this time trying to adjust his chakra. Once again, he falls into the river.

Pervy Sage starts laughing. "Your chakra control is awful!"

Naruto sloshes out of the water and marches up to Pervy Sage. Then he takes off his soaking wet t-shirt and dumps it on Pervy Sage's head. "Instead of laughing at me, why don't you help me!"

Pervy Sage pulls the t-shirt off his head and throws it back at Naruto. "OI!" He yells. "What was that for?!"

"You're the worst godfather EVER!" Naruto accuses and throws the wet t-shirt back in Pervy Sage's face.

Pervy Sage flails around, trying to get the clingy, wet fabric off his face. "How can I be the worst? I supply all your school stuff and a lot of your clothes! Heck, I had this t shirt custom made for you!"

"Yeah? Well it was too big for me until recently!"

"That's not the point! I created a clothing line just for you!"

"And yet you can't even explain how to walk on water properly!"

"I did explain properly! You're just too stupid to understand!"

"I AM NOT STUPID!"

"PROVE IT! WALK ON THE DAMN WATER!"

Thoroughly angry, Naruto channels his chakra to his feet and walks out onto the water. Because he is so angry, he cannot hold his chakra steady, and he wobbles as he tries to stand on top of the water. His chakra is unsteady, the water is unsteady, he is unsteady…

It all clicks into place.

Naruto grins and walks on the water. Then he jumps up and down on the water. Then he starts running around on the water. "I can do it! It makes sense now!"

"Nice," says Pervy Sage. "So am I still the worst?"

Naruto glares at him. "YES!"