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A/N: Sorry, guys. I've been dealing with the start of school so you know what that means? A lot of drama and meeting new teachers and crap like that. Not counting we have been having to wean my daughter off of her old meds while she starts head on with new ones. This means she tends to get sick which she is now. Well, now that I'm only working on two stories at once not counting I decided that I will only work on them M-F which leaves me with a break of the weekend unless there is a holiday but yeah you will see more updates of even this story. I'm on the last legs of FRS so I will give you a warning that it ends in less than five chapters. The reason why I say less is because I'm not sure exactly how many chapters it will take up but I know I won't do more than five. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and I will be trying to get the next little bit out as soon as I am able to.
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Chapter Eighteen
Gaara looks at the teen in shock as he rushes at him faster than before. 'I can't protect myself…this is human movement…?' Neji's eyes narrow while he watched his teammate disappear before his eyes.
'Neji, this technique was for defeating you…but I'll show it now!' Lee throws a blow straight to Gaara's stomach making him fly back quickly until all of his movements were stopped by Lee. He was holding onto the bandage that is wrapped around Gaara's waist which made the red head's eyes widen trying to figure out when he done that.
'The shield of sand can't keep up…and the armor of sand is coming off…oh no…!' Temari watched on as her little brother was getting pummeled by this beastly boy.
'Extreme Lotus…it is continuous high speed Taijutsu that can't even be touched! The answer to defeating Neji is this high speed combo…no way the sand could keep up…!' Gai thought as he continued to watch his pupil.
'This is it!' Lee says as he grips the bandage tighter. He pulls on it making Gaara's body move against his own will, bringing him to him where he could punch him again. 'Extreme Lotus!' With that one hit Gaara's body zooms down towards the floor of the arena while the rest of the Genin's there are only to continue on watching trying to get every single movement that they are doing.
'So fast I can't even tell what's going on…' Shikamaru thought and Lee groans from the pain he feels in his body from using Lotus. Gaara's gourd starts coming apart much to the adult's dismay.
'No way…!' Gai thinks as his eyes widen.
'The gourd turned to sand…' Kakashi observes in shock. Lee grunts and groans as he hits the floor a little bit away from where Gaara hit. As the dust starts disappearing you could see a form appear inside of it. Gaara lays there holding his hand out while the sand slowly cooperates with his will. Everyone is shocked that he is still conscious.
'He protected himself with the sand gourd…' Gai thought. Lee couldn't really move as quickly as before now that he released Lotus so the sand wrapped around his left arm and leg.
'That technique is…!' Shino thought wildly as he remembers this move being used on the Ninja's in the forest.
'Desert Coffin!' Gaara clenches his fist making the sand start to crush the boys' limbs, causing him to cry out in pain as everyone looks on in shock. A cloud of sand in the form of a hand approached Lee as everyone looked on in despair. It crashed to the floor not even touching the boy as Gai rushed into the ring the break the sand apart, surprising Gaara. Lee is not unconscious while Gai glares deeply into Gaara's eyes.
"Why…did you save…?" Gaara asks as he groans from all of his demons swamping inside of his head.
'He is…' Gai thought of all the times he had training the boy and looked at him with a saddened expression. "He is my beloved comrade." Gai answers and Gaara just glares at him.
'Words that Gaara probably can't comprehend…' Baki the sand teams' leader thought as he watched on. Gaara gets up and turns away from the man.
"That's enough…" The boy says.
"Winner, Gaara!" Hayate says loudly enough for everyone to hear. Everyone gasps out as a form moves in the arena. Gai and Gaara turn around to see the shaking form of Lee standing with blood oozing out of his leg and arm.
'No way…' Gai looks on with wide eyes while Gaara looks indifferent.
'After opening five gates and with his arm and leg crushed…there's no way he could be standing…' Kakashi thought.
"Lee, enough, it's over. You shouldn't be standing with that body…" Gai said as he grips the boy's shoulders in his hands. His eyes widen when he got a good look at the boy. '…Lee…you…' His eyes start tearing. '…What a guy you are…' By looking into the boys eyes you could tell that he wasn't really conscious, just moving on reflexes and previous movements. 'Even after losing consciousness…you still strive to prove your Ninja way…' Everyone looks on with worried or shocked glances. 'Lee…you already are…a great Ninja…!' Gai thought as he hugged the boy to his chest. Gaara looked at them with disgust filled eyes.
'Lee-san…' Sakura jumps up on the railing about to go down below.
"Sakura! What can you do by going down there…you consoling him will only make it harder…" Kakashi tells the girl.
"There's nothing she could do anyway." Naruto says while looking at one of her fellow Genin's with worried filled eyes.
"Heh…there's no way he could beat Gaara…" Temari says with a smirk. Naruto grits her teeth and she jumps over the ledge glaring at Gaara on the way to Lee.
'…I can't believe Thick brows lost to this guy…' Naruto bares her teeth.
'Naruto…' Kakashi looks at his pupil.
"Medical team, please come here quickly!" Hayate shouts out.
"So…sorry!" They stutter as they rush towards the group and put Lee on the stretcher. Everyone looks on until one of them turn around and looked at Gai. "You're his Jounin instructor, right…? Please come over here…" He pulls Gai off to the side. "…He is breathing properly but…he has shattered bones and torn muscles throughout his body…we could do something about it if that was the only problem, but…the damage to his left arm and leg where he was attacked is grave. It's difficult to have to say something like this but…with this body…he will never be able to live as a Shinobi again." Both Gai and Naruto widen their eyes.
"N…no way…it must be some kind of lie…" Naruto says as her whole body starts shaking.
'Lee…I didn't want to believe you could lose…I wanted to help you achieve your Ninja way…Please forgive me Lee…for being unable to stop you…' Gai says silently to the boy.
"If that's so…then what's Thick brows supposed to do!? He was always saying how he wanted to fight against Sasuke and that Neji guy…can't you do something about it!" Naruto growls out at them and almost chases after them but Kakashi pops up to stop her. "Hey…" She starts squirming in her Sensei's grasp, mumbling under her sensei's hand, which is covering her mouth.
"…That might…have been what caused this tragedy. The decision to use even forbidden Jutsu to win at all costs…this is the result…To Sasuke, Neji-kun…and you too, Naruto…To fulfill the silent promise you all made to each other…! He put his life at risk…so that he could reach that final stage to fight all of you…" Kakashi lets her go and places a hand on her head to rub the girls' hair. "Don't forget that…"
'…Lee…you never realized it, even at the end…The heavens will not allow a pawn that can only…seek victory at the cost of himself, to advance…' Neji coldly thinks while watching his teammate being totted away. Gaara disappears after seeing the medics carrying the teen away and he reappears besides his sister and their Sensei.
"Welcome back, Gaara." Temari says with a smile. Gaara looks down at the older men down below him.
"Gai…" Kakashi approaches his friend. 'I said some really arrogant things to you earlier but when I really think about it…if I were in your circumstances…I probably wouldn't have been able to stop my student either…' With this thought he looks out of the corner of his eye at Naruto who looks at him with curiosity. "…Gai, we're in the way for the next match. Come on, let's go upstairs."
"…Yeah…" Gai mutters.
"Well then, for the 10th and final match contenders, please step forward!" Hayate says loudly so that everyone could hear.
"I never thought I'd be last…" He looks on. 'At any rate, I'll have to win so I can fight Sasuke-kun in the finals…Orochimaru-sama…I will not fulfill your wishes…I now realize what your plans were…The way you went ahead to find Sasuke-kun before we could find him and implanting your curse instead of killing him…In other words…we were your "Guinea Pigs" to see what Sasuke-kun's true strength really is during these trials…what you really wanted wasn't his life, but Sasuke-kun himself…' He jumps over the railing. "I'm really being taken quite lightly."
"Ummm…well then, match 10, begin!" Hayate shouts out.
"You can do it!" Shikamaru shouts out.
"Fatass!" Ino shouts.
"T…those guys better watch it! I'll win this match quickly and tear them up!" Choji shouts out with fury in his eyes.
"Well then…I guess I'll skip the playing and end it quickly for you, fatty." With him saying this it just pissed Choji off even more.
'You mummy-wrapped freak…I already know what your weak point is from the last time you fought! You released destructive sound waves from the holes in the arm so…'Ninpou Multi-size no Jutsu!'' Choji's size expands making him look like a ball with limbs. 'All I have to do is hide my ears…' He stuck his head inside like a turtle. " 'Meat tank!' I'm not fat! I'm pleasantly plump!" He starts spinning his body and rolling it along the ground towards the sound Ninja.
"Alright, Choji! Crush him!" Ino shouts out cheering him on.
'His attacks can damage his opponent even without him touching them…but that's only if the ears are exposed. How will he use a sound attack when his opponents head is buried in all that flesh and using ear plugs on top of that…plus Choji's a constantly spinning meatball…' Shikamaru thinks as he watches his best friend coming closer and closer to the Ninja only for the guy to jump out of the way, making the balled form hit straight in the wall.
'Here we go…to get out of that you'll have to spin in the opposite direction. This means you'll have to stop spinning completely once…That's where I'll attack.' He throws a punch right into the form as soon as Choji stopped.
"It's no use, I have my ear plugs." Choji muffles out as the guys punch is still embedded into his bulbous hide.
"Nope…you're done for." The Ninja says wagging his finger at him. He then sends out sound waves through the mass. Everyone looks on with shocked eyes as Choji's form returns to normal minus the fact that he is unconscious. '70% of the human body consists of water which conducts sound. In other words, it's easy to transmit my destructive sound waves through any wall of flesh. As long as I stop your spinning, which presented the biggest difficulty, then I could guess where your ear drums would be and attack…'
"Winner! Dosu Kinuta!" Hayate shouts out.
'Orochimaru-sama…no…Orochimaru! I'll teach you that I'm no Guinea Pig…' He thought as he stared up at the man.
"Hey, are you all right?" One of the Ninja core asked Choji.
"I…wanna…eat…meat…" He whimpers out.
"Sheesh, and his opponent wasn't even trying…" Shikamaru complains.
"Oh well, he lost but I guess I'll at least take him to eat some steaks." Asuma says with a smile on his face.
'Whew…at last we're at the end…' Hayate thinks while coughing.
'Finally…it's the main event…' Sarutobi says while smiling at everyone.
"Well, with this, the preliminary trials for the round 3 test…have been completed!" Hayate shouts. Every one of the contestants that have won is lined up now in the center facing the higher ups. "To all of you who won the rights to compete in the "Third Round Test" in the Chuunin exam…cough, one is missing but…congratulations to you all!"
"Sensei." Sakura says to get Kakashi's attention. "…I…had something I wanted to ask you…"
"…Is it about Sasuke? Who knows? I'm sorry to say that even I don't know all that much about him right now…Well…don't worry too much." He turns from her to look at the Genins down below while his mind shifts off to Sasuke. '…The rest…is up to Sasuke, but…' He sighs and looks at Sakura with a smile on his face. "Sakura, I have to leave for a moment so be sure to listen to what the tournament instructions are…"
"Huh?" She looks confused as her Sensei disappears in thin air. "O…ok…"
'Including Uchiha Sasuke, who isn't here now, there are five from the Leaf…three from the Sand and one from the Sound…' Sarutobi calculates the winning contestants.
"Ah, well then, Hokage-sama, if you would please…" Hayate says drawing the older man's attention.
"Yes. Well, now I'd like to…start explaining the main test." He says while adjusting his Hokage hat showing his smile to the others.
'Finally!' Naruto thought as she watched the old man.
"As I told you before, in the main event, your matches will be seen by everybody. Each of you will fight to represent the strengths of your countries. I'd like you to show off all your powers with no reserves. This is why the finals…will be held one month from now." Sarutobi announces.
"We're not going to do it here, right now?" Naruto asks.
"This break, you can say, will be for preparations." He answers the girl.
"What does that mean?" Neji asks.
"In other words…in addition to informing all the various country lords and Shinobi leaders, this is the time needed to arrange for the gathering of the event…and this is also the preparation time for you examination students." He explains further.
'This geezer, he always makes things complicated when he talks.' Kankuro complains in his head. "I don't understand what you're trying to say! What does that mean?"
"Basically, it's the preparation to get to know your enemy and yourself. It's the time period where you will calculate your chances of winning by analyzing the data you accumulated during the trial competition. The battles up to now had you fight as if you were in an actual combat situation with…the assumption of fighting an unknown opponent." Sarutobi says.
'That's for sure! I'd never imagine that he would use sand as a weapon.' Shikamaru thinks while looking towards Gaara out the corner of his eyes.
"However, the final trial will not be like this. There are those who showed all that they can do already to their rivals…there are those who competed and were badly injured against a strong opponent. To make everything fair, the one month should be used by all of you to advance and improve yourselves. Of course, it'll be fine to rest your body as well." As Sarutobi continues on Naruto looks over at Neji and pouts while she thinks about Sasuke.
"I've got to improve; I can't just rest for a month, seriously!" Naruto thinks.
"…And that's the way it is…Well, I'd like to dismiss you now but…there's something that has to be done for the finals before I can do that." Sarutobi says while looking the young Genins over.
"What the hell is it!? I've got to train now!" Naruto asks impatiently.
"Well now, don't get so excited…there are pieces of paper inside of the box that Anko's holding so each of you take one piece." The elder says as Anko smirks at them.
"I'll come around, so wait your turn! Only one now!" She starts with Dosu and he starts riffling through the box to get a piece of paper. Neji smiles at the twitching impatient girl when she gets her paper and opens it to reveal the number one.
"Alright, you all took a piece. Now then, I'd like you to tell us the number on that paper in order, starting from the left." Sarutobi nods as Ibiki starts to jot down everyone's numbers when they say them. When he is finished and everyone has a slot he looks up.
"That would mean that he's number 4." He tells Sarutobi.
"Yes! Alright, now I will…reveal to you the final tournament!" The old man shouts out so that everyone could hear him. Everyone looks at him with confusion.
"That's what we drew numbers for?!" Shikamaru shouts out to him.
"Now Ibiki, show them the match arrangements." He tells the scarred man.
"Yes…" He then flips over the pad of paper that he was writing on showing the teens. The pairings were: Naruto against Neji, Gaara against Sasuke, Kankuro against Shino, with Temari taking on the winner of Dosu and Shikamaru.
'That's far…' Dosu thinks in disappointment.
'What? The finals are just a regular tournament?' Temari wonders, confused.
'Oh man…Like, I've got one extra match! It's not like I want to avenge Choji or anything.' Shikamaru thought as he looked at the paper.
'Phew…thank God I'm not in the same block as Gaara.' Kankuro thought, relieved.
'Uchiha…Sasuke…' Gaara stared showing no emotions on his face.
'…Perfect.' Neji smirked.
'Hyuuga Neji. Immediately against him…Bring it on!' Naruto thought as her blue eyes glared at the black haired teen.
"Well then, you're free to start strategizing or resting as you like. With this I'll dismiss you all but are there any final questions?" The Hokage asked them all.
"Can I ask a question?" Shikamaru asks while raising his hand.
"Yes!" The man answers.
"Since it's a tournament, it would mean that there's only one winner, right…? Which would mean that only one person can become a Chuunin, doesn't it?" The teen asks holding up his pointer finger.
"No! That's not quite it. There will be judges, including myself, Kazekage, Lords of various countries that will make mission requests and other Ninja leaders, who will be watching the final test. Throughout the tournament, these judges will be evaluating your abilities…Those judged to have the necessary qualities of a Chuunin will…be able to become a Chuunin even if they lose in their first match." Sarutobi explains.
"That means that…it's a possibility that everyone here will become a Chuunin?" Temari asks.
"Yes, but, also…the possibility that no one will become a Chuunin! To advance in the tournament means that…you will have more chances to appeal to the judges. Did you understand, Shikamaru-kun?" He directs his eyes towards the young boy.
'Geez, man, what a big hassle.' He complains in his head.
"Well then, thanks for all the effort you exerted for these trials! You're all dismissed until a month from now!" The Hokage says.
'The second round will be against the Sand's no-brows or Sasuke…He's strong enough to blow away thick brows…' Naruto calculates the risks of the rest of the matches. 'Hmmmmm, I guess I'd better ask Kakashi Sensei to…' Then something came to her and she walked over to Sarutobi and Anko who were standing there waiting for her.
"So what's the verdict, Naruto-chan?" Anko asks the girl. "What shall their punishment be?" Standing right behind her are the ones from the Leaf who didn't follow the rules set to them in the ring.
"They will have to do the smut jobs for Genins for a week." Naruto says while glaring at the few that broke the rule that was set. Ino glares at her while Neji showed his displeasure on his face.
"How come she gets to choose our punishment?" The girl growls out.
"Because she is the heir and a future Hokage." Sarutobi answers and a few of the ones had shocked expressions.
"So, she's the heir? That would make her the Fourth's…" Ino paled and Shino walks over to them.
"That's right; she's the Fourth's daughter. The one you and the whole village have been abusing verbally and physically since she was born." Shino's father smiled at him with pride filled eyes. "You don't realize how much trouble you and all of the villagers have caused the leading head families by treating her this way. Her last name itself should have stopped everything." Shiba says while placing his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Why do you think Shikamaru has had to direct your attention elsewhere?"
"That's enough, Shiba. I know you are my father's friend, but I can take care of myself. My name shouldn't warrant everyone to treating me better nor should my birthright. The issue I have with the village is that so many of the leading families are the ones that treated me thus." Naruto says as she glares at Ino. "What gets me is that Ino has no reason to even treat me that way since I know her father didn't raise her like that."
"I'm sorry, Naruto. I tried getting her to rid herself of that." Inoichi says while glaring down at his daughter. "She's influenced too much by her friends. All of us agreed with the rules for the tournaments because if we reveal our major Jutsu's that will just give them the knowledge that they all want. With that knowledge you guys would be endangered. Not every village that participates in the Chuunin exams is allies." Ino had the nerve to look guilty.
"This is done with, Inoichi. You will be the one in charge of keeping her from disrespecting those that holds power over her." Shibi says. Naruto nods and looks over towards Sakura.
"Sakura-chan! Where's Kakashi Sensei!?" She asks loudly.
"I think he's probably with Sasuke-kun!" She answers the blond.
"Thanks! Sakura-chan!" Naruto shows her a huge smile which causes worry to appear on the pink haired girls head.
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"Where's Sasuke's room!?" Naruto shouts at the two men who were at the reception desk.
"Sasuke-sama is not being allowed any visitors." One said to her.
"What the hell!?" She shouts at them.
"It's hard to explain, but…" The other stops what he's saying.
"Naruto, be quiet inside the hospital." Kakashi says as he comes around a corner.
"Oh! Kakashi Sensei! Hey like! Hey like! I have a request!" She says as she bounces around him her pig tails swinging back and forth with her movements.
"No need to tell me, well, I already know what you're going to ask…I found someone who will look after your training." He says as he smiles at the girl.
"Why!? I want you, Kakashi Sensei!" She whines.
"I've got some business to take care of; so I don't have the time to look after you…" She crosses her arms and pouts while giving him puppy dog eyes.
"I know, you're planning to train Sasuke!" She shouts.
"Now, now! Don't say that…because I've found a teacher for you who's much more reliable than me!" He says trying to calm the girl down.
"Like, who is it!?" Naruto asks with curiosity covering her face.
"It's me!" A man says from behind her. Naruto looks behind her and her eyes widen.
"Oh! You're…the closet pervert!" She screams at him and he pushes his sunglasses up on his nose with his middle finger, discretely flipping her off.
"Ebisu Sensei's a…closet pervert?" Kakashi asks looking at the man who is now blushing.
"Why the hell does my training teacher have to be him! I mean this guy is weaker than me in the first place!" Naruto complains and says the truth while looking at the silver haired man. "Because! Because! Before, this guy, with my Harem no Jutsu…" She starts pointing at the man.
'S…she isn't…!' Ebisu wraps his arm around the girl to put his hand on her mouth.
"Harem no Jutsu?" Kakashi asks looking at them with confusion filled in his eyes.
"Oh, well, it's nothing really." Ebisu laughs nervously. "I'll treat you to anything you wish later on…so be quiet about that!" He whispers to the girl.
"You better!" She says quietly.
"Wow, who'd have thought that you two knew each other…" Kakashi says.
"Who'd forget that humiliation…" He whispers out. "Hahaha…yes, well, we go way back, right?" He says as he pats the blonds head.
"But why is it this guy? I really don't like this…" Naruto says still complaining.
"Same goes here. If it weren't for Kakashi-kun's request, who'd want to take the likes of you!" When he says this she growls at him.
"Now, now, both of you, don't say that…" He squats down and whispers to Naruto. "Naruto, Ebisu Sensei's a tutor who specializes in teaching only the elite. He's a special Jounin, you know! He's better." He stands back up to look at the man. "Well, Naruto, of the three students that I teach in team 7 you're the one with the worst basic skills. Have him teach it to you thoroughly this time."
"Compared to Sakura-chan and Sasuke…where on Earth do I come up short?!" She growls at him and he winces at the lie he just told. Kakashi just sighs since all he is trying to do is pawn her off on a different Sensei so he could train Sasuke.
"Naruto-chan, after hearing about you and the other two from Kakashi Sensei, I analyzed the data…and could tell that you aren't able to control your Chakra very efficiently. I'll explain one by one all the faults you have in detail." He says while popping out a few pages of paper. "First, please look at this." He explains everything that the girl already realized about herself that when she had to use the Genjutsu to hide herself she couldn't do most of the base stuff that most of the Genin's could. Like shadow clones and controlling her Chakra better, but now that shouldn't even come into question since she doesn't use the Genjutsu anymore. "You, Naruto-chan, first of all, build up too much Chakra, use too much stamina and your Jutsu activation is also unstable." The man finishes up when Naruto starts to pay attention again.
"But, even I had times when I was…more terrific than Sakura-chan or Sasuke!" Naruto shouts out.
"That's because among the three, you just happen to have the greatest amount of stamina." Kakashi explains to the girl. "Well! On the other hand, it can also be said that because of the influence from Kyuubi, who is at the root of that stamina…the Chakra becomes more difficult to control…" He stops himself when Naruto looks at him with her brow raised.
"She knows?" Ebisu asked with wide eyes.
"She's known for a while now." Naruto looks at the man who gulps.
"Well then, I'll leave things in your good hands, Ebisu Sensei." Kakashi says and turns to leave.
"Yes, yes." The man says.
'Damn!' Naruto looks at the man who is still standing there.
'It may seem a little bit strict but you still can become stronger…hang in there…' Kakashi says as he walks away from the two. Naruto saw a hole in the wall and peaks in it only to see naked women bathing. She pours some water in the dirt and starts mixing it up to make a bit of a clay mixture then puts it on the hole to block anyone else from seeing.
"No...no, Naruto-chan! That's the women's bathing area! There will not be any time for delays." He says and glares at the girl for covering his normal peeping hole.
'Shut up…you closet pervert…' She glares at the man and finishes packing the mud in there tightly. When she finishes she wipes her hands on her rag and stands up to turn and look at him. "Why'd we come to a place like this!? We gonna take a bath before we start training!?"
"No!" Ebisu says while pushing his glasses up with his middle finger. "We will be training here at the hot springs." Naruto looks at him with confused eyes. "Now, now! Here we are!"
"We're going to train here? What are we gonna do?" She asks.
"Hehe…walk! On top the hot spring water." He says while smiling at the girl.
"Huh?" Naruto wonders what he is talking about.
"I've heard from Kakashi Sensei. You've already done the lesson to climb trees without using your hands. It's a variation of that." The man says.
"What do you mean? Plus I don't remember all that much about things that long ago." The girl whines.
"In tree climbing, you only have to continually create the same amount of the necessary Chakra and gather it to the necessary place. The tree is solid under you and all you have to do is stick to it. In other words, it's a lesson in how to build up a certain amount of Chakra. In order to float on water, you must always expel the appropriate amount of Chakra into the water from your feet and you must make it match only to the amount necessary to make you float. This Chakra control is much more difficult than to simply continue to create the same amount of Chakra and is meant to be used for control training where you learn to create a set amount of Chakra needed to expel for the use of a Jutsu." The man explains.
"Hmmm…I don't get it!" Naruto gripes.
"Well, in your case, it's probably better to show you how to do it. First, you gather the Chakra to your feet." He wraps his Chakra around his feet evenly. "Then, as you continually expel a set amount of Chakra…you match it to the weight of your body." He steps out on top of the water walking slowly to show Naruto.
"Wowwww!" Naruto says in awe. "Alright, I'm going to try it too. First, gather it to your feet!" Naruto does the same thing Ebisu does although it isn't even. "And then it was expel a set amount, right!" She steps onto the water's surface and falls in.
"Just what I'd expect." The man says cockily as Naruto bursts out of the water screaming from the heat of it. "I forgot to tell you but this bath water is 60 degrees. If you continue to fail, you'll become a boiled egg!" He says with a grin on his face while pushing his sunglasses up again.
"Damn…!" She hurries out of the water again and gathers Chakra. 'I'm gonna do it, no matter what!' The girl says then tries but falls right in with a shriek. The man chuckles at the girl while thinking of Konohamaru and the conversation he had with the boy last about what Naruto said to him. He looks at the girl who is wincing from the hot water burning her skin. "Ahh! I'm beginning to get it!" She says as she bobs and weaves on her feet that are barely floating in the water.
'To think she'd grasp the concept of this Chakra control so quickly…who'd have imagined you'd progress like this…It is true that there are no shortcuts, no matter what you do…Looks like I was wrong about you…you were a much smarter teacher than I was and…you weren't just a fox monster…You were a proud Leaf Ninja!' He thought as he watches Naruto get the hang of it until something distracts her attention away from her task and she shrieks and points a finger in the direction to the wall blocking the view of naked women from the outsiders. She falls in screaming. Ebisu turns his head and looks at the white haired man kneeling down at the wall, giggling. "Heh. I don't know who you are but…" He pushes his glasses back up. "I will not forgive such shameless behavior!" He yells and starts running over to the man.
"Huh?" The man turns to look over his shoulder at Ebisu. "Geez." The man says and he summons a huge toad.
"Th…This is!" Ebisu shouts out and the toad shoots his huge sticky tongue out at him, knocking him out.
"Man, keep it quiet…whacha gonna do if I get caught?!" The man grumbles and Naruto's jaw drops when she saw her new teacher on the floor passed out.
'Closet pervert lost? What's this!? Who's this open pervert!?' Naruto wonders as she gawks at the man.
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