(Bell's Point Of View)

I woke up the next morning, not reconizing where I was for which I then remembered that I slept over at Naru's house for the night which made me blush because I have never slept over at his house before.

Sitting up, I looked over on the floor to see that the floor was cleaned enough for a mat to be placed. Naru probably slept there last night, which made me feel bad.

Thinking of a way to repay him back, I decided that I would clean up his apartment so that it was more manageable.

Picking up the ramen cup's, I threw them away in the trash can and picked up the Ramen bowls and emptied them in sink and cleaned them, stacking them in a clean pile on the counter.

I brought the trash bags outside to the crub so the trash people could pick them up then went back inside and picked up his clothes, figured out which were dirty, and hanged them up to clean.

Going over to his table, I see a note with an apple for which I walked up to it and read it, saying, "Morning Bell! I left for training this morning so I will be gone all day. Sakura came over and told me that I needed to finish my training in twenty four hours if Team Seven is going to go help Team Ten in defeating the Akatsuki. Also, Sakura said that she would meet you at the training area where you have been training her. Eat this apple too, It will replenish the energy yesterday that you lost!

See you later,

Naru"

I smiled at his letter as I took the apple and bit into it's juiciness then looked around the apartment to see that it was clean so I put my boots on and headed out the door.

Running across buildings, I got to our training spot pretty quickly to see that Sakura was running in the training area with her shirt off, like I told her too in our first session, and was sweaty from running for so long.

Clapping my hands, I got her attention as she put her hands on her knees as I walked up to her and smiled.

I took off my shirt, so she wouldn't feel like the only one, and told her that she has done well which made her blush and smile at the same time.

Putting my hands together, I told her that we were going to be doing the same thing as last time which was she does as many laps as she can while I sing a song to boost up her running speed.

Nodding her head, she gets ready to run as I jumped up into a tree and started to meditate.

"Tooku de kikoeru koe wo hinto ni
Hitori mata hitori tachiagaru doushi
Kurikaesu dake no fudan doori kutsugaesu

Junbi iize are you ready?
Karadajuu furuwasu shindou ni hageshiku uchinarase yo stomping
Taezu tsuki ugokasu call me kawarazu yuru ga nutsukamu story

Come on!

Everybody stand up! Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da
Me ni mo tomaranu supiido hantaa
Daremo ga mina toriko kanban yeah! (Come on!)

Everybody hands up! Matashita na hero's come back!
Zujou kazoe yubi oru count down
Ikuze 3-2-1 make some noise!

What you gonna do? What you gonna do?
Taemanaku nari hibiki kizamu

Deja vu yori mo gotsui shougeki ga
Zenshin wo hashiri hanasan break it down
Turn it up (Turn it up) hey kikoekka?

Sakenda kinou made no koto ga
Kawaru darou madaminu asu e
Koborete afureta omoi no bun made

Machinimatta show time saitechiru shukumei

Dochira ni katamuku shouhai no yukue
Agura kaiterya kyou nimo tsubureru
Nagashita chi to ase onore de nugue

Negai mo puraido mo fukume subete wo seotta tagai no haigo
Nasake wo kaketerya dame ninaru ze
Tamote potensharu mentaru men

Neko mo shakushi mo matta you na hiiroo
Hitoban dake no goran, roman hikou

Oo ii nee sonnan ja nee sa
Kick on the corner mada tari nee ka?
Itsumo to chigau hijou na jinkaku mamoru no sa subete

Like a taamineetaa
Yon kai, go kai de tatsu hairaito (fly high, yeah!)
Isso kono ba de tsutaetaru zo

Everybody stand up! Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da
Me ni mo tomaranu supiido hantaa
Daremo ga mina toriko kanban yeah! (Come on!)

Everybody hands up! Matashita na hero's come back!
Zujou kazoe yubi oru count down
Ikuze 3-2-1 make some noise!

Mou tashou no risuku wa kakugo desho
Nanka korunda tte tatsu (get it on)

Nare ai ja nai ze kami hitoe no sesshon
Irikunda kanjou kidzukiageta kesshou
Made in hyuuman no dorama no enchou

Marude moesakaru yoshihara no enjou
Endoresu saki mo korogaru nichijou
Warau hodo baka ni narerutte koto

Resseifuku mukaikaze nimo maken
Makikomu nandomo dekuwashite kita ze

Ikudotonaku tatsu kono ba no batoru
Tatakai kata nara kono mi ga satoru
Ichiya niya no tukedakiba ja
Mamoru mon ga chigau na shirohata wo furi na

Hi no moe akogareru hikage wo shiru
Iiwake wa kikan sorekoso ga real

Faito maido i'm proud
Nanikarananima de mada ucchi yanai zo

Yes ka no ja nai itsuka kou warau
Nana kara patto kimeru iku ze aibou

Wakiagaru kansei ga yuuki tonaru
Tachiagareba ima ijou kurushimi tomonau

Soredemo saigo wa kitto warau
Subete sarau shouri to kansei

Everybody stand up! Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da
Me ni mo tomaranu supiido hantaa
Daremo ga mina toriko kanban yeah! (Come on!)

Everybody hands up! Matashita na hero's come back!
Zujou kazoe yubi oru count down
Ikuze 3-2-1 make some noise!

Everybody stand up! Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da
Me ni mo tomaranu supiido hantaa
Daremo ga mina toriko kanban yeah! (Come on!)

Everybody hands up! Matashita na hero's come back!
Zujou kazoe yubi oru count down
Ikuze 3-2-1 make some noise!"

I looked down to see that Sakura stopped running and had her hands on her knees as she panted, trying to regain her breathe.

Jumping down, I put a hand on her shoulder saying that she has done well for which she thanked me as I gave her a bottle of water.

I told her follow me as we walked over to my contraction, to see that it was in the exactly the way I left it which made me smile, knowing that no one messed with it.

Turning to look at Sakura, I asked if she was ready for which she nodded which made me nod as well.

I turned to the contraction and breathed in and out before as I put on my gloves and went into postition.

Thrusting my hand towards the contraction, a massive wind blew the planks on the panels so they were spinning in many different directions.

I got out of the way so Sakura could practice for which she walked up to the contraction and went into the postision I showed her in the beginning of this training.

We have tried this exercise about three times now and she has done well on getting through the planks of wood without touching them.

She can get close to the end but then she touches the plank, making her have to try again.

Jumping up to a high branch in a tree, I relaxed and felt the wind from nature hit my skin and move my hair in its movement.

I sighed as I remembered Naru and I's conversation yesterday which made me hug myself, remembering about the death that has just happened.

I felt a tear run down my cheek, remembering how he saved me that day, and how I promised that I was going to repay him.

I then remembered how Naru treated me after I told him which made me smile.

He comforted me and gave me the kind of love that no one else has given me .

I sighed as I looked up at the sky to see two birds flying together as they past me by.

Smiling, I looked down to see that Sakura was close to the end of the platform, but hit a plank, making her fall out of place, making her have to try again.

Giggling, I remembered a song that one of the female Root members sang to be when I was just a child so I decided to see if that would help with how I am feeling.

"Moshi ano hi no ame ga
Yande itanara
Kitto sure tokutte itadakeka mo
Itsumo toori no jikan ni
Bus ga kitetanara
Kimi to wa deau koto ga nakattanda ne

Moshimo sukoshi demo
Ano shunkan ga zuretetara
Futari wa tokutta unmei wo tadotte shimatteta

Kimi to onaji mirai wo
Zutto issho ni mite itai
Onaji hoshi wo onaji bashō de
Mitsumete iyō yo
Kimi no egaku mirai ni
Watashi wa iru no kana
Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de
Miagete itai yo

Kuchiguse ya shigusa mo
Yoku nite kita futari
Maru de zutto mukashi kara shitteru mitai da ne
Dōji ni mēru shitari
Onaji koto omottari
Akai ito de hiki yoserareteru no kamo

Gūzen wa saisho kara
Mō kimatteta mitai ni
Kasanatta futari wa unmei tte shinjite iru yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni
Watashi wa iru no kana
Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de
Miagete itai yo

Kimi to onaji mirai wo
Zutto issho ni mite itai
Onaji hoshi wo onaji bashō de
Mitsumete iyō yo
Kimi no egaku mirai ni
Watashi wa iru no kana
Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de
Miagete itai yo

Tatoeba namida no hi mo
Hare no hi mo futari de
Onaji michi wo itsumade mo
Te wo tsunaide arukemasu yō ni

Kimi to onaji mirai wo
Zutto issho ni mite itai
Onaji hoshi wo onaji bashō de
Mitsumete iyō yo

Kimi no egaku mirai ni
Watashi wa iru no kana
Onaji sora wo onaji omoi de
Miagete itai yo"

"I did it!" I looked down to see Sakura on the other side of the contraction, celebrating, most likely because she got through it without touching any of the planks.

Jumping down, I started clapping, happy for her. She ran up to me and hugged me while speaking, "I am so happy to have you as a friend, Bell!"

This made me blush, but I hugged her back and once she let go, I told her that our training wasn't done yet which made her confused.

"We need to give you the final test first... So, you have to fight me to finish off this training... Just so I can see how far you have come..."

She nodded as I stopped the planks from spinning then we went over to our fighting area and went into fighting positions.

Before we began, I told her to take off her weights which confused her, but she did as she was told and took off the weights that were keeping her down then go back into position.

Again, I was in a relaxed pose as she was in an attack pose. Once I told her to begin, she ran at me and started throwing punches like last time.

Only this time, it was different... Her attacks were more planed and were faster then before.

I easily dodged them, since this wasn't hard for me, I decided to try out attacking her to see how her dodging skills have improved.

Bringing up my leg to kick her side, she moved to the right a little, and blocked my attack.

Sending blows after another, Sakura looked like she was dancing, blocking all my moves.

Finally, I got tired and grabbed her wrist, stopping her from attacking.

She looked at me as I put her arm down, telling her that it was over. She looked at me, waiting for my final answer for which I spoke.

"I was happy to be your teacher, Sakura, you have done well..." Her eyes widen as she smiled as ran up to me and hugged me, thanking me over and over again.

I told her that it was time to go back to the village for which she asked if I could take the sweat off her like last time for which I nodded.

Thrusting my palm towards her, the wind blew all the sweat off while I put my palms together, making the sweat come off me.

Putting our shirts on, we walked back into the village, I see Naru running towards us with a big smile on his face.

"Hey guys! We are going on a mission to help defeat the Akatsuki with Team Ten and Kakashi-sensei!"

Sakura then looked surprised, "So you finished your training?" He gave his famous smile which made me softly smile at him.

He then asked how our training was going as Sakura scoffed, "What, don't think that I can finish my own training! Bell is such a good teacher!"

This made me blush as Naru gave me a thumbs up, "I never doubted you both for a second!"

This made my eyes widen as I looked down embarrassed then Naru said that we had to get going on our mission.

I said that I had all my stuff and so did Sakura so he said that we needed to go now so we ran after him to the gate and started our trek to where Team Ten and Kakashi-sensei were.

**********Time skip brought to you by 9 more days of school***********

Once we got to our destination, we saw that they were about to be hit by a Jutsu, so Captain Yamato and Naruto combined both wind and water to make, "Hurricane Vortex Jutsu"

We cut off the ties holding down Kakashi-sensei, Choji, and Ino for which they were happy to see us.

Captain Yamato turned to look at our sensei, "I've never seen you this beat."

Kakashi-sensei sighed as Naru asked where Shikamaru was at for which Sensei answered, "He's a little ways off fighting the other enemy... I want two of you to head towards Shikamaru... Preferably, a long-distance fighter and a medic... Sai and Sakura follow Pakkun's lead and support Shikamaru!"

Naru said to leave it to him for which Kakashi-sensei asked if he has completed it for which Captain Yamato answered, "No, only about 50 percent. Well, just watch. Naruto is not the same person he used to be."

I asked Kakashi-sensei what the Akatsuki's power was for which he answered, "

The enemy is two Akatsuki. As I said before, Shikamaru is fighting one of them and the other one is in front of us. This guy has the power to split. Those two masks on the shoulders split from the torso. Each mask has a separate heart and moves independently. He originally had five hearts. He lost two and has only three now. I've killed him twice already. We need to kill him three more times to finish him off. Plus, he's an intermediate distance fighter and can use multiple Change in Chakra Natures."

Naru scoffed, "No wonder you were having a hard time." He did the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu for which he made two other of himself.

The Akatsuki member scoffed, "You can only make Shadow Clones? You can't beat me with that."

The two shadow clones raced at him for which he defeated both of them and Naru then looked like he was thinking which made me smile, "He's evolving..." I thought as I watched him make a trio of Shadow Clones.

Two of the clones, helped Naru make his new Jutsu while the fourth clone just stood there in front of them, probably for defense.

Once he was done, he brought it up into the air and shouted out his it's name, "Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken!"

Naru ran up to the Akatsuki member instead of throwing it like a normal Shuriken and was about to hit him, but he jumped away, right when the Jutsu disappeared.

This made me growl in annoyance, "

It's called the Rasen Shuriken, but you must hit at point-blank range. That's why this Jutsu relies on Shadow Clones as a diversion. The duration of this new Jutsu is too short. It only lasted a couple seconds."

Sensei nodded, "Exactly. You'll never hit the target with that. Not against someone like him."

I narrowed my eyes as Choji said that we should do this together and Kakashi-sensei nodded for which Naru spoke,

"Kakashi Sensei Do you remember what you told me when I was training? You said you believe I'm the only Shinobi who can surpass the Fourth Hokage. I know teamwork is important. I also know that this is a very risky path. Even so, I want to take this risk alone. If I can't beat this, I'll never be able to grow up. So please... Please don't take this path away from me."

I whispered his name as Captain Yamato agreed to let him try to do his Jutsu once more for which I sighed and stayed next to Ino as I watched the scene play out.

**********Time skip brought to you by school almost being over**********

Naru has done it.

He was able to make a plan and was able to hit the Akatsuki member before the Jutsu went out which made me happy.

I saw Naru fall over so I ran over to him to check to see if he was okay.

Seeing how he just passed out, I smiled, knowing everything was going to be okay.

Or so I thought...

Hey Guys!

The songs used in this chapter were "Hero's Come Back" by Nobodyknows and "If" by Kana Nishino!

The episode's used in this chapter were Naruto Shippuden Season 4 Episode's 15-17!

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