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Around the fire illuminating their campsite the traveling trio was heading towards a town where Tsunade was last spotted and hopefully would be there in time to catch her. They were making good time as the last time they were close but she had already left by the time they got there according to Jiraiya.

Near the fire Sakura stood there dripping wet with look of utter shock as she had Naruto's jacket around her shoulders. For underneath she was wearing only her underwear which had turned to stone along with her after the sun set earlier.

Naruto with a rather pissed off look at he was looking towards the Frog Sanin that was just sitting back pissed himself but for a different reason.

"You have got a lot of explaining to do" he told him.

"This idea was something that she mostly came up with herself" was the reply he was given.

"That was not what I asked as I want to know why she was keeping this hidden from me" Naruto asked.

"*Sighing* She did not want to tell you because you have enough to worry about at the moment beside her. I will tell you what she wanted keep from you. However do not claiming know this is what screw with your own training" Jiraiya told him.

*Starting Flashback*

Sakura was ringing out her shirt she was wearing over her swimsuit as she walked towards Jiraiya. After Naruto's problem in mastering water walking because of the seal over top of his Kyuubi's seal was undone. He had got down pack pretty well and was now working on summoning frogs which was not going well at all.

"What did you want to see me about?" she asked.

"I think I have an idea about what going on with you and just how lucky you are to be here at the moment" he told.

The Sanin then went on to explain that Sakura's body had been altered by that justu so that it can take in something known as natural energy the same way that the body naturally creates vitamin D. Explaining that Orochimaru had something that was never done before to his knowledge in the history of natural energy users. He had managed to somehow weaponize the failure process.

"The fate of those that fail is…." he said

"…pertification" Sakura finished as she looked at her hands aware that she had been turning back and forth but never knew just how much danger was involved with each time.

Explaining that apparently he had failed to truly master the usage for various reasons. Though must have discovered some way recently to make the failure into a success by making a justu out it. However picking Sakura is where he might have both succeed and screwed up at the time. The reason being is that Sakura turning to stone is proof that the it works although her turning back is not part of the justu at all.

"Wait….so I was suppose to stuck as statue and never able to turn back….ever" she asked a look of shock and horror on her face.

To this Jiraiya just nodded as there was normally no turning back once someone had turned to stone from failing to master the usage of natural engery. There used to be just three choices when it came to those that wanted to use senjutsu(which is what being to properly use natural engery allow you to do). Those were become a sage capable of doing so, give up as you can not do it, and final one was become statue as you failed along with crossing the point of no return.

The Frog Sanin was certain that Sakura had created a fourth choice in that she was obviously failing to control the natural engery flowing into her body thus she turns to stone. However she reverts back at the start of everyday not because of the justu itself but her own abnormally high charka control.

Though he would still need some time and Tsunade's help to prove it. He was almost certain that her charka control was actually having an effect on the justu itself as its so high that while she is not a sage by any means. Her body is flittering out what it views as foreign and the reason she turns to stone at night is because she has surpassed the threshold her body is capable of handling thus the pertification process happens. Though despite being just stone the process of draining natural engery continues until all night until sunrise when she revert back for reason he can not understand. After all knowledge of the body and how it truly worked was not his specialty but Tusnade's after all. He could not tell why she turned back every morning but that might have something to do with her natural engery levels being low. Though because she absorbs naturally from exposure to sunlight just like you do Vitamin D. The process starts all over again.

Her biggest concern would be that she need to always have so that her body is expel all the natural engery it has amassed during the day otherwise she will be stuck as statue for good. Sakura was currently walking a fine line at the moment. Although if it stay the same or got worse then Sakura would become a statue and stay that way as her body can not expel all the nautral energy it had amassed because it was not gaining anymore. Gain too much during the day then she might never turn back as she would never getting rid of enough. Like debit and only paying the minimum fee if you let it get too high you will never be able to pay off. If her charka control got better then she should not have worry about something like that even happening

Knowing that Naruto had enough to worried about when it came to her already. She had decided that she did not want this on his mind as well. Thus not wanting this to bother him as well she was going to deal with this without him knowing. At least until he need to or at least she could come with way to explain so he would not freak out. Last time that would have gotten him labeled a missing nin if not for the Sanin being there to help prevent that.

So while Naruto was dealing with summoning a frog and not really succeeding in that venture at the moment. Sakura was dealing with learning to walk on water as Jiraiya suggested that if this should normally be a piece of cake for her then she must learn how to do it in her current state. If she could learn do so as she is now then that meant that her charka control had improved as result of her training.

'Okay now the time' Sakura thought as she finished ensure that their stuff would be safe while she was gone.

"I am sure that Naruto is lying about Jiraiya-sama peeping on girls while he on his own in trying to summon a frog though" Sakura said as she was still in the dark about Jiraiya's bad habit.

She believe Naruto when it came to a lot thing he would tell her as after everything they been through as Team Seven and what he was doing for her now. Sakura trusted him but claiming that a Sanin was a peeping tom that was a little beyond what she was willingly to just accept at the moment.

Taking one last look around the campsite she quickly headed over to where the a lake was located nearby. Sakura took off all her clothes but her underwear folded them up neatly stored them in scroll that she then placed at the foot of tree along with a dry towel.

This was her trial as she had to learn how to walk on water in order to keep her charka control ahead of the natural engery her body was now naturally absorbing.

Testing out things as she placed her foot watched as it went through the water even though she was trying to stand on. Sighing as this might be another hard day of praticing as according to Jiraiya until she made her already above average charka control even greater. Her being taught anything or using too much charka at all would not be wise. For that could throw off the balance that her body had managed to find. Increasing her charka control would make so that what natural engery her body absorbs during the day and be drained away fully at night.

'I have to master this soon as we will not always be able to make camp near bodies of water like this' Sakura thought.

She was worried about sudden changes happening within her body as well. That justu was not one that was unknown and probably still relative new thus side effect could pop up at random. One far worse then what she has experience so far. With that Sakura went about trying to master water walking in her current state.

Elsewhere….

"What are you so depressed about it not like it the end of the world" Naruto told the Sanin as they were coming back to camp twenty minute earlier then usual.

"What are you talking about that was a prime peeping spot that I have been using for decades and its gone all gone" the Sanin cried as that what he was doing before meeting with Naruto pepping on woman bathing. However this time when he went to one of his many peeping spot he had used through world he found a large stone wall had been erected with a tall barred wire fence in front of it.

"I wonder what Sakura-chan going to think when she finally learns of your bad habit" Naruto sighed as his teammate still unaware of the Frog Sanin's status as a super prevert.

"Speaking of Sakura, where is she anyway as it appears she went someone where without telling us" Jiraiya pointed out as they made back to camp to see that it was pack up so that their stuff was secure yet no one was here to watch it.

"Why would she just leave without telling us unless….that must be it. Hey….great the kid already left to look for her" Jiraiya sighed as he guessed what she was doing knowing her circumstances.

'I wonder if she going to get caught in her own lie as that certain what going to happen if Naruto see her practicing' he thought.
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"Just great, I am not getting any better at this just how screwed up is my chakra control anyway thanks to him" Sakura yelled in anger tone as slammed her fist against the tree where the scroll contain her clothes was. If someone was around her at the moment they would told her that her eyes had flashed red again also if she had paid attention to the tree she had just hit she would have noticed how she left a dent in the bark.

'Okay one more time as I almost had that time' Sakura thought to herself as she attempted to focus the chakra she had gather in her feet but get the right amount in her current state was hard since it required precise amount to do it correctly.

Slowly the Haruno girl walked on the surface of the lake and concentrating as best she could give the circumstance with her eyes closed as that did not really help with her focus but the jester helped her none the less. So when she opened her eyes and looked around she saw that she was sure enough standing on water without falling in.

'I am doing it…I am doing it…I am…oh crap' Sakura thought as she was too busy focusing on the task at hand that she never noticed her blond teammate coming up to her.

Neither one of them knew what to do at this moment as Naruto was struck stupid but the sight of Sakura in her underwear, her wet underwear which was almost see through since it was not meant to be used as swimsuit. While Sakura had never had any guy other then her father see her in the state that she was currently in as Naruto was not suppose to be here. So shocked that Sakura did not even attempt to cover herself as her brain was out to lunch yet strangely enough she was still standing on top of the lake's surface despite weird moment the two of them were having at the moment.

Another thing Sakura did not count on was that she did not know that the sun was setting early today and had just set while Naruto and Sakura were have this weird moment rendered her stone statue with the shocked expression on her face as she sunk into the water up to her head as there was definitely no way a solid stone statue could stay above water.

"Hey kid what are you doing here did you find Sakura as she probably turned to stone already since I forget to tell you two that the sun setting early tonight" Jiraiya asked as he arrived on the screen to Naruto standing in front of Sakura whose stone form was still up to her head in water.

Looking over at the scroll at the foot of the tree and the little bit of Sakura he could see behind Naruto, Jiraiya had rough idea of what was going on and did not feel like get into an argument with him at the moment.

"Just so you know either way she going to be pissed at you" the Sanin told Naruto as Sakura would get mad for him seeing her while in her underwear even if was not on purpose or she would mad that he moved her.

"Do not you think I know that Ero-Sanin. But this is to get Sakura out the lake go back to camp" Naruto told him as the Sanin walked away leave Naruto alone stone teammate.

'Okay how am I going to do this' the blond thought as he then created four Kage Bunshin and two on them held their breath as they walked into the water then while behind Sakura they stood on each other shoulders.

Grabbing Sakura around her petrified waist and the clones sitting on each others shoulders began lifting her upwards until the real Naruto who was standing on the water surface with the fourth clone that once the real Naruto had her waist the clone grabbed her legs.

Naruto and his clone blushed as they awestruck at Sakura current state but quickly shook that off when almost cause them to fall into the water. Coming out of the water, droplets were still running down the petrified body, giving the stone a slicker, shinier look than usual. Once they were back on the land, Naruto quickly wrapped his jacket Sakura had brought with her and then collapsed to the ground next to her with sigh of relief that the hard part was over as at least now the pink hair girl had something on other then her underwear at least. All that was left now was getting her back to camp

*Ending Flashback*

"That basically everything she wanted kept from you. Through you probably already away of the last bit since you were there yourself" Jiraiya told Naruto.