I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto.
"Ordinary conversation"
'thought'
"Wolf/Kyuubi speech"
'Wolf/Kyuubi thought'
Authors note: a comment from me about the story.
-- paragraph/scene change
Here I'll hold a vote for pairings. First a few requirements: no yaoi(gay) pairings, and no Naruto/someone a lot older. Sorry Naruto/Tsunade fans, but that would be hell to write.
Okay, the count so far:
Naru/Saku: 1
Naru/Ino: 1
The next day, team 7 met at the training ground. Tenshi was waiting for the three of them with three bags. When Naruto, Sakura and Ino stood in front of him, he smiled before throwing one of the bags to Naruto. Naruto caught it and was instantly floored by it. The process repeated itself until Sakura and Ino also lay on the ground, their hands around their own, very heavy bag.
"In those bags you will find weights. Put those on." Tenshi said while smiling at his students. They glared at him but did as he said. The weights didn't seem much, just like ordinary wrist bands and leg warmers, all in black with a white wolf on them.
"That white wolf is my insignia, my clan's symbol. It's on your weights because these weights were made by my family. Right now they each weigh 20 pounds. That will really slow you down. As you three grow stronger, you will have to pump chakra into the weights, increasing their weight. That will serve three purposes. The first is to make you stronger and faster. The second is to increase you chakra capacity. The third is to increase your chakra control.
"Why do we need chakra control? We can already do jutsus." Naruto said, having put on his weights and was now in a slouched over position, trying to deal with the weight.
"Right now, when you use jutsus you waste a lot of chakra. That can be deadly in a battle. Sometimes it is the ninja with the best control and stamina that wins the battle. Understand Naruto, that even if you have huge chakra capacity, it is not infinite. If you continue to waste chakra while doing jutsus, you will never be able to become a good ninja. Also the better control you have, the easier it is to do jutsus. Now stop complaining and get moving. I want you three to run 40 laps around this training area while punching the air in front of you." Tenshi commanded. Naruto groaned but began to run. Ino and Sakura however, didn't. They glared at Tenshi.
"It's too heavy. We can't move." Sakura said and Ino nodded.
"How am I supposed to run with 80 extra pounds on my body?" Ino asked and Tenshi sighed.
"Naruto, listen to this as well." Tenshi yelled and Naruto came walking over, slowly.
"Use chakra to make your body stronger. Put chakra in your back to be able to stand straight. Put chakra in your legs to be able to run and put chakra in your arms to be able to punch the air in front of you. Now get moving. We are not leaving until you three have done this." Tenshi said and the three Genin groaned before using the Ram seal and gather chakra to the body parts Tenshi spoke of. They then started to do the exercise. Tenshi saw that Sakura was the one with best control, since she kept her chakra where she wanted it. Sakura was running a little awkward, but getting better. She also was trying to punch the air in front of her. Ino was close behind, she had less control, but apparently she was stronger than Sakura, pure physically at least. The two of them did surprisingly good for their first try, Tenshi smiled when he thought about how strong they would become. Then he looked at Naruto and groaned. Naruto had horrible chakra control, and was using almost no chakra to move. Still he was actually moving better than both Sakura and Ino, indicating that he was a lot stronger than them. He actually managed to run straight and punch the air in front of him, but Tenshi saw that he was getting tired. Real tired. Deciding to boost their spirit, Tenshi pumped chakra into his own weights and ran next to them, mimicking their exercise.
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This continued for three hours, all three of the Genin was dead tired and had a lot of bruises and cuts on them from falling so many times. Surprisingly it was Naruto that had become accustomed to the weights first, even if he didn't use chakra to move. After him Sakura followed and then Ino. They now moved much better, although not like they would without the weights.
"Man, how long until we don't feel the weights anymore?" Naruto moaned and Tenshi chuckled.
"I estimate three days of this until you three will be able to move normally. But you have showed real good improvement and adaptation to the weights. But Naruto, I think you should try using chakra to move." Tenshi said and both Ino and Sakura stared at Naruto, who blinked a little.
"I wasn't using chakra?" he just asked and Tenshi, Sakura and Ino sweat dropped.
"Um, no you weren't. But sit down and rest for a bit now. I would suggest going to sleep a bit, since the body rests best when asleep." Tenshi said and the three Genin nodded reluctantly before laying down under some trees. Tenshi sat down in a meditative stance and calmed himself. His senses stretched out, making him feel like he was part of the very nature around him. The sounds and smells were nice for him, the life was soothing. He was completely aware of what happened around him, from the steady, even breath of his students, to the singing of some birds in the trees, to the burrowing of a mole under the ground.
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After a while, Naruto stirred and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He looked around and saw Tenshi still meditating. Naruto groaned as he got up and walked over to Tenshi, who didn't move the slightest. Naruto sat down in front of his sensei and sighed.
"What is it Naruto?" Tenshi asked curiously
"I want to learn better chakra control." Naruto replied and a smile crossed Tenshi's face.
"Alright then, I'll teach you. First mimic my position." He said and Naruto complied.
"This is called the Lotus position, and is used while meditating. I'm not going to teach you that yet. What I want you to do is mold you chakra and make it cower your entire body." Tenshi said and Naruto stared at him.
"Um, what?" Naruto asked. He didn't have a clue what Tenshi meant.
"Okay, listen well. Imagine your chakra to be like your bed sheet. You are hanging upside down from the roof and are cold. You want to use your bed sheet to keep warm, but the bed sheet slips of your body and onto the ground. In order to keep warm you have to keep the bed sheet on your body. It is the same with chakra. When you want to use chakra to make your feet stronger, you have to keep the chakra in your feet. What I meant by cover your body with chakra is that I meant you should have your chakra everywhere in your body at the same time. Watch." Tenshi said and suddenly the top of his head glowed blue. The blue spread downwards from the head, but didn't dissipate. After a few minutes, Tenshi's whole body was glowing and Naruto was staring. Then the glow disappeared.
"That is what I want you to do now Naruto. Begin with your head. Make your chakra move to your head and cower the head. Then start to make your chakra cower more of your body until all of your body is glowing like mine did. To do so you have to make the chakra stick to your body. It will take some tries, but I am confident you can make it work. Now let me tell you the benefits of this exercise. First, your control improves significantly. Second, your chakra will rejuvenate your cells, taking away the strain your training has put them under. That will make your muscles heal and you will be refreshed. You could call this a healing exercise, since in a way you are healing your entire body. This exercise was developed by a great medic called Tsunade. She uses it every day to stay young. Now, begin!" Tenshi said and Naruto nodded. He wondered briefly how Tenshi was able to see him with his eyes closed but shrugged it of and started making his chakra cower his head. It was hard work, and his brow was furrowed in concentration.
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Naruto was starting to become pissed of. Half an hour had passed and he hadn't been able to make his chakra cower more than his face before dissipating. Tenshi could sense what was wrong. It had to do with the bastard fox.
"Naruto, I want to try something." Tenshi said. Naruto was about to ask what when he saw Tenshi clasp his hand over his face. Naruto tried to get away, but then everything went black.
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When Naruto became conscious again, he found himself in a dank hallway with lots of pipes on the ceiling. He was also ankle deep in water. Looking around he found Tenshi.
"Damn it. What did you do to me Tenshi-ossan?" Naruto yelled shaking his fist at the man.
"I took you into your mind. We are going to see the bastard fox now." Tenshi replied and Naruto feel silent.
"You…you mean go see…him?" he asked and Tenshi nodded before beginning to walk.
"I noticed that the reason you couldn't control your chakra well was because Kyuubi's chakra would battle your own. We are here to fix that." Tenshi said and Naruto hurried after. They walked in silence for a while until they came to a huge room with a cage in it. The cage had a seal on it where it simply stood: "seal"
Naruto walked towards the gates, he could see something behind it. Then suddenly claws shoot out of the bars, but Tenshi got Naruto out of the way. Naruto was pissed.
"Damn you bastard fox. Is that a way to treat your visitors?" Naruto yelled. Kyuubi came closer to the cage and looked down on the two. Its eyes burned when he saw Tenshi.
"You, why are you here? Come to gloat?" Kyuubi asked Tenshi who shook his head.
"No, I am here to make you a deal." Tenshi said and both Naruto and Kyuubi looked at him.
"What deal?""What deal?" they both asked in perfect unison.
"Your chakra is battling against Naruto's. I know you are responsible for that. Stop that and allow Naruto to get control over his chakra without you interfering. Also, when he needs it, give him chakra, but don't try to take over his mind. I will detect it, and believe me; I can make some unpleasant changes to that cage of yours." Tenshi said and Kyuubi roared with laughter.
"Why should I help a brat like that? Why should I do what you say?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto became pissed.
"Damn fox. I let you live inside my body, and you don't even pay rent. Instead of rent I want you to do what Tenshi-ossan said!" Naruto demanded. A few moments went past before Kyuubi was rolling around on the floor of his cage, howling with laughter.
"Tenshi-ossan? That was good kid. Do you have other names I should know about Wolf?" Kyuubi asked Tenshi, who huffed a little.
"Sakura calls me uncle Tenshi. And shut up!" he yelled when Kyuubi roared with laughter. After a little while Kyuubi calmed down from laughter to snickers.
"Oh, that was good. Alright brat, I will do as Wolf says, on one condition." Kyuubi demanded.
"What condition? I'm not letting you loose if that's what you want." Naruto asked and Kyuubi rolled his eyes.
"I already knew that. I want to be able to talk to you. It gets terribly lonely here, and even demons want to talk to others. Also I want you two to sign my summoning scroll." Kyuubi explained and Naruto looked thoughtful.
"You mean I'm going to have a voice in my head all the time?" he asked and Kyuubi nodded. Naruto turned to Tenshi.
"What do you think?" he asked and Tenshi closed his eyes.
"That is up to you. If you do this, then Kyuubi can talk to you at all times. That could be a good thing, but also a bad thing. He could try to make you insane, although I think you will be able to withstand it. But that summoning scroll sounds suspicious." Tenshi said and Naruto looked at the fox.
"Alright bastard fox, answer my questions and I might do as you asked." Naruto demanded.
"What is it brat?" Kyuubi asked
"First, if I allow you inside my head, what will you do there?" Naruto asked.
"What do you think? I will talk to you, see what you see, and hear what you hear. I can help you on missions, and if you prove yourself worthy I can train you. As for Wolf's fear of me making you insane, you won't have to worry. If the villagers haven't already done that, then I won't either. It is of no interest of mine that my vessel becomes insane. Neither is it that it is weak. It will be like having a constant companion inside your head. Neither of us will ever be alone again." Kyuubi said, oddly serious. Naruto nodded before deciding on his second question.
"What's up with that summoning scroll? Will we like summon you?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi nodded.
"Yeah. If you sign the scroll, then you can summon foxes. If you summon the fox boss, you summon me. Although I will still be connected to you, and when I would normally vanish back to the summoning plain, I will come back here." Kyuubi said and Naruto looked at Tenshi.
"Is that alright?" Naruto asked and Tenshi nodded.
"I see no problems with that, as long as Kyuubi does what we say when we summon him. You will do that, right?" Tenshi asked and Kyuubi nodded, although he didn't look to happy.
"Of course, after all I am a fox, and we never go back on our word. If I say I will allow you to summon me, I will allow you to summon me and I won't attack you. At least I know that you two can summon me when you have signed the scroll. The last person to summon me was not someone I approved of. But I couldn't go against what he ordered me to do." Kyuubi said, a little sadness crossing his features.
"What are you talking about?" Tenshi asked and Kyuubi looked at him.
"When I attacked Konoha, I had been summoned by someone in a black cloak with red clouds on. He told me to attack Konoha, and since he was my summoner I had to do it. Although I made sure he could never summon me again." Kyuubi said and both Naruto and Tenshi were really surprised.
"You didn't attack out of your own will?" Tenshi asked and Kyuubi shook his head.
"No I didn't. But don't get the wrong idea. I enjoyed killing all those ninjas, ones the bloodlust got the better of me." Kyuubi said and Tenshi stared at him. Naruto seemed to make up his mind.
"Tenshi-ossan, did you see if Kyuubi lied?" Naruto asked and Tenshi shook his head.
"No, he didn't lie. He told the truth, if I ever saw it." Tenshi said and Naruto nodded before walking up to the cage.
"Alright fuss ball. I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you!" Naruto said and held out his hand towards Kyuubi, who stared at him before extending one of his paws. Naruto grasped one of Kyuubi's claws and a very bizarre version of shake hands occurred.
"I am Kyuubi no Kitsune, greatest of the demons. Nice to meet you too, brat!" Kyuubi said and Naruto glared a little before turning to Tenshi.
"Tenshi-ossan, I agree to all of Kyuubi's terms. Can you make the changes?" he asked and Tenshi nodded. Kyuubi turned a little away before turning back and placing a scroll at Naruto's feet.
"The summoning scroll. Sign your name in blood." Kyuubi commanded. Both Naruto and Tenshi did so. When they were finished, the scroll vanished.
"I will teach you summoning after you master the chakra exercise Naruto. Now for the last part of the deal." Tenshi said and turned to the seal. He did something and both Naruto and Kyuubi felt a little weird for a moment.
"There! Now you two should be able to talk all the time." Tenshi said and Naruto looked at him.
"How come I don't hear him in my head then?" he asked and both Tenshi and Kyuubi fell over in surprise.
"Because you are in your own mind now brat. When you become conscious again, we can talk. Stupid human." Kyuubi growled. Naruto growled right back.
"Alright you two. It's time we got back Naruto. Bye bastard fox." Tenshi said and he and Naruto faded away. Kyuubi sighed and laid down on the ground.
"Alone again. At least I can talk to the brat now. Perhaps…perhaps Wolf isn't so bad after all." Kyuubi said to himself before he felt weird again, and could see that Naruto had woken up.
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Naruto felt weird when he woke up, and could swear he felt another presence in his mind.
"Stupid. That's me brat." Kyuubi said and Naruto grinned a bit.
"Oh, right. I forgot. Hello bastard fox." He said and Kyuubi sighed.
"Okay, first of all, stop with the bastard fox. My parents were married when they got me thank you very much. Also you can talk with me by thinking. I can hear your thoughts now. It would look stupid if you were to talk to yourself all the time." Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded.
'Alright. So what do I call you? Nah, I don't bother make up something. I'll just call you fuss ball then.' Naruto thought with a grin. Kyuubi trashed a bit before calming down.
"I guess there are worse names. Now, what exercise was Wolf talking about?" Kyuubi asked.
'I'll show you!' Naruto thought and began cowering himself in chakra again. This time however it went much easier and after four tries he got it right.
"Wow, Tenshi-ossan. I did it." Naruto yelled and Tenshi smiled at him.
"Good Naruto. Very good. Now keep the chakra over your body for a while." Tenshi said and Naruto did as he was told.
"Now, let the chakra flow out trough your feet." Tenshi said and when he did, Naruto felt refreshed.
"Wow, it worked. I'm as good as new." Naruto said while getting up.
"Good work. Now I am going to teach you summoning. Now, summoning is a very high rank skill, so I want you to keep it as a triumph card. Don't go showing of your best moves. Always keep your best moves hidden until you really need them. Now, I am going to summon. Watch." Tenshi said, did some seals, bit his thumb and slammed his hand on the ground.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu" Tenshi said and a cloud of smoke cowered him. When the cloud vanished, he stood on a fox the size of a horse.
"Who summoned me?" the fox asked.
"I did!" Tenshi said and jumped of. The fox looked at him before it bowed.
"I see. What is your name summoner?" it asked.
"My name is Tengoku Tenshi and this is Uzumaki Naruto, who is also able to summon foxes." Tenshi said and the fox nodded.
"I am Tenku. Nice to meet you." The fox, now known as Tenku said.
"Well then. I just wanted to see how much chakra I should use to summon. Can you tell me how much more chakra I would need to summon Kyuubi?" Tenshi asked and Tenku thought for a bit.
"About twice as much." Was the reply and Tenshi nodded.
"Thank you for your time." Tenshi said. Tenku nodded and vanished in a poof of smoke.
Tenshi turned to Naruto.
"Here are the seals." Tenshi said and performed the seals slowly.
"When you have done the seals, use your hand and some blood and perform the summoning. You always have to use blood in order to make the summoning work. Or else you will just be wasting chakra. Now you try." Tenshi said and Naruto nodded before performing the seals, biting his thumb and slamming the hand down into the ground.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Naruto yelled and a cloud of smoke came. There sat a little fox kit. It meowed at Naruto and curled up on his lap. Naruto was a little embarrassed that he didn't summon a bigger fox, Kyuubi was roaring with laughter in his mind. Tenshi however was happy.
"Good work Naruto. That was your first summoning. Good work. I want you to summon again. Use more chakra. The more chakra and better molded, the bigger and stronger fox appears. But don't think that kit isn't useful. Smaller summons can be used for scouting, bringing messages and stuff like that. The bigger ones are useful for fighting, but as a ninja we should never aim to fight. Remember Naruto, a good ninja is undetected and will only fight when absolutely necessary. Now practise your summon for a while, okay?" Tenshi asked and Naruto nodded before getting up and summon another fox.
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Ino and Sakura woke to hear someone practising a jutsu. They saw Naruto do something but before they could see what it was; Tenshi sat down in front of them.
"Naruto is practising a jutsu I taught him. Now I am going to teach you something." He said and began to teach them the chakra control exercise he taught Naruto. Both Ino and Sakura got the exercise on their third or forth try, much faster than Naruto. When they had perfected the exercise they were both very happy. Tenshi was amazed that they got it that fast.
"Wow, you two have talent. It took Naruto much longer to do that. Now over to something different. I don't know which jutsu to teach you two yet, in my opinion you both have too small chakra reserves. While I check on Naruto, I want you two to do 30 push ups, 30 squats, 30 sit ups, punch those logs 30 times with each arm and kick the logs 30 times with each leg. Get moving please." Tenshi said and the two girls groaned but complied while Tenshi went over too Naruto.
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Naruto was tired. More tired than he had ever been. Not only were the weights making it difficult for him to move, but the chakra used to summon a decent fox was huge. Naruto was currently laying on the ground, trying to regain his breath.
"You did good kid. I'm actually impressed. At this speed you will master summoning in about a week. Faster if Wolf helps you." Kyuubi praised and Naruto noticed something.
'Why do you always call Tenshi-ossan for 'Wolf'?' Naruto asked. Kyuubi chuckled in response.
"Because he is a wolf. He can summon wolves as his natural summon. And he almost turns into a wolf when he fights. Also he is called that by you humans as well." Kyuubi replied.
'Natural summon? What do you mean?' Naruto asked.
"Natural summon is the summoning that takes the least amount of chakra from the summoner, and also comes much easier. You fight better together with your natural summon that others. Wolf's natural summon is the wolves. Your natural summon is foxes. Why Wolf's natural summons are wolves I don't know, probably because of his abilities. The reason foxes are your natural summons is because of me. Now, do you have any more questions kit?" Kyuubi asked.
'Um, just one. What's up with the kit?' Naruto asked but all he received was a chuckle.
Then Naruto noticed Tenshi looking at him.
"Well Naruto. Seems you have exhausted yourself. Do you now understand why you need more chakra control?" Tenshi asked and Naruto nodded.
"I summoned a fox that was just as big as a wolf. But now I don't have any chakra left. How do I get more control?" Naruto asked.
"First you have to sleep for a bit so your chakra recovers. Kyuubi, can you heal him while he sleeps?" Tenshi asked and Naruto looked at Tenshi in surprise.
"You can…hear him?" he asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Yes, I can, since I now have established a connection with him. I did so when I signed the contract. That connects me to any fox summon close to me, and when Kyuubi is close enough I can hear him slightly. I have to be close though. Like now." Tenshi explained.
"To answer your question Wolf, yes I will heal the kit when he goes to sleep. But I doubt he wants to sleep right now. Perhaps you should knock him out?" Kyuubi said and Naruto stiffened while Tenshi nodded. Tenshi then disappeared and reappeared behind Naruto, who instantly fell asleep.
Tenshi then went to see his other two students.
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Sakura and Ino were still doing the exercises when Tenshi walked over. He looked at the two girls currently doing sit ups and shrugged. Sitting down and beginning to meditate, Tenshi made sure he could feel Naruto, Sakura and Ino, and also what they were doing. Calm spread over his mind again and both Ino and Sakura stopped for a minute. They looked at Tenshi and saw how his shoulders relaxed, like a huge weight was lifted from them.
"Get back to work." Tenshi said.
"Epp!" Ino and Sakura said and continued. If Tenshi had been awake, he would have smiled. But since he was deep in his meditative state, he remained motionless.
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When the two girls eventually finished their exercises, they were very tired and couldn't stay on their feet, so they fell down and lay on the ground, panting. Tenshi then 'woke' up from his meditative state and gut up. Crouching down next to them, he placed a hand on their chests. Ino reacted instantly.
"Hey, get away pervert!" she screamed but one look at Tenshi's face shut her up.
"I'm not a pervert. If you calmed down, I could do what I was going to do." Tenshi said sternly and a green glow surrounded his hands and went into the girls chests. They could feel the green glow flowing around their hearths first, then their lungs and from there the glow spread throughout their body. Then as suddenly as it started, the glow vanished and Tenshi removed his hands and took a step back.
"There. Feeling better?" he asked, although he didn't sound very pleased. Who would be after getting called pervert by your students.
"Yes, thank you." Sakura said. Ino blushed and mumbled an apology.
"Don't think about it. Now that you two have worked a bit on your strength I think it's time to wake up Naruto." Tenshi said.
"Naruto's asleep?" Ino and Sakura shouted.
"He worked hard on a very draining technique. A technique you two still don't have the chakra capacity to do. When I feel your chakra has grown enough, I will teach you that technique as well. Now quit complaining and let's go wake up sleepy head." Tenshi said and the girls nodded. They got up, although Sakura and Ino were a bit sore from their training.
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When they reached Naruto, Tenshi crouched down and the same green glow surrounded his hand which he laid on Naruto's head. After a while Naruto's eyes flew up and he tried to sit up, but Tenshi held him down. After making sure Naruto was okay, Tenshi helped him stand.
"Are you okay now Naruto?" Tenshi asked and Naruto nodded slowly.
"I feel a bit tired, but not so much as I was a bit ago." He said and Tenshi nodded.
"Alright, follow me." he said and walked over to some tall trees. Ones they were all gathered around one of the trees, Tenshi looked at them before walking up the tree. Vertically. Naruto, Sakura and Ino gasped while Tenshi walked up and down the tree a couple of times. On his third time to walk up, he stopped upside down under a branch. There he looked at his students and smiled genuinely at them.
"Now you three are going to learn to do what I just did. This is a chakra control exercise. What you do is form chakra under your feet and make the chakra stick to the surface you want to climb. In this example the tree. But you can also use it to climb walls. It is useful when sneaking around. Now, to be able to do this, you have to have a very good control. Too little chakra and you fall of. Too much chakra and you get blown away from the tree. Take a kunai and mark where you get. Then try and push further than that. It would be best for you to try and run at first." Tenshi said, still smiling. Both Naruto and Sakura took out a kunai each, but Ino looked up at Tenshi.
"Should we take of our weights?" she asked but Tenshi shook his head.
"No. Listen closely you three. The only time you are to remove those weights is either if I tell you, or if there is no other way to win a fight or accomplish a mission. If you keep the weights on all the time, your speed, strength and stamina will increase much more than you thought possible. Now stop staring and get to work." Tenshi commanded. Ino whipped out a kunai and the three of them ran to the trees and started running upwards. Naruto made it five steps before falling down and hurting his head. Tenshi stared with a half amused, half disappointed look on his face as Naruto rolled on the ground while holding his head.
Sakura and Ino on the other hand did much better. Ino was the first to lose her grip and slashed her tree about half way to the top. Sakura made it five steps higher than Ino before she too lost her grip. When they landed, they looked at the tree and grinned.
"That wasn't so bad. Much easier than I thought." Sakura said and Ino nodded in agreement. Naruto glared at them, making them grin even wider.
"Well, by nature women have better chakra control than men. Also they have less chakra, so those two probably are connected." Tenshi said and Ino looked at him while crossing her arms.
"What do you mean?" she asked and Tenshi sighed.
"Men are generally stronger than women, and thus men's bodies produce more chakra than women's. To be able to keep up, women have better control, both over their bodies and their chakra. Also women are generally smarter than men, so they learn faster. That means Naruto has to work harder to do this than Ino and Sakura. Now, I don't think either of you have managed to get this right have you?" Tenshi said, smiling in a way that seemed really sadistically.
The three Genin gulped before continuing the exercise. This time Naruto managed ten steps before falling, while both Ino and Sakura got two steps more than before. This slow improvement continued for a while. Sakura collapsed after five tries. She had almost reached the top by then. Ino managed one go after Sakura collapsed before she was out of chakra as well. Naruto wasn't far behind, and even though he hadn't been able to reach as high as Sakura or Ino, Naruto's improvement was huge. On his seventh try Naruto reached the same height Sakura had on her second, which was a very good development. Seeing his students were unable to continue, Tenshi allowed himself to drop from under the branch and to the ground. Walking up to the three Genin, he practically beamed at them.
"I'm proud of you three. Good work today. Now I think it's time to go home. Meet here at the same time tomorrow. Get some food before going to sleep when you get home. We will be training just as hard each day, on top of missions." Tenshi said and made two Kage bunshin appear. One lifted Ino and another lifted Naruto. The original Tenshi lifted Sakura. Nodding to each other they vanished.
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Ino and one of the Tenshi clones appeared in front of Ino's home, also known as the Yamanaka flower shop. Carrying her inside, he looked around to see if someone was there. A blonde woman, Tenshi identified her as Ino's mother sat behind the counter.
"Hello, I am your daughter's sensei. I'm just here to make sure she got home safely. She's a bit tired and needs some food before going to bed." Tenshi said to the woman, who just stared. A Jounin had just walked into her shop, carrying a sleeping Ino.
"Hey Inoshi. Get you butt out her and take care of your daughter." Ino's mother yelled after shaking of her surprise. Ino's father came running into the shop and instantly recognised Tenshi.
"Tengoku-san, it's nice to see you again." Inoshi said before he noticed Ino sleeping.
"What happened to Ino?" he asked and Tenshi smiled reassuringly.
"Don't worry. She's just exhausted from training. She will be fine with some food and rest." He said and Inoshi nodded. Tenshi handed Ino over and Inoshi nearly fell over by the sudden weight.
"What the…wait, you aren't making her wear weights are you?" Inoshi asked and Tenshi nodded.
"How much weight does she have on?" Ino's mother asked.
"80 pounds." Tenshi answered and Ino's mother fainted. Luckily she fell on her counter.
"80…80 pounds. Isn't that a bit much? She's just a kid." Inoshi asked, a little hesitantly.
"I know, and I was a little sceptical to whether or not I should let them wear that much weight, but they seemed to adjust just fine. I am guessing Ino will use about a week until she is completely adjusted, which speaks to me of much talent. You're daughter is going to be a strong Kunoichi someday." Tenshi said and Inoshi looked at his daughter with pride blazing in his eyes.
"Well, I have to leave. I suppose you know what Ino needs now, so I'll be of then." Tenshi said and vanished in a puff of smoke.
'My daughter, one of the strongest Kunoichi ever. That sounds nice actually.' Inoshi thought before heading towards the kitchen to make Ino some food.
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Tenshi reappeared in Naruto's apartment and wasn't surprised when he found that someone had broken into it, thrashing the place. Making a quick decision, he vanished and reappeared in his own apartment. There he put Naruto down by his kitchen table, made some instant ramen and woke up Naruto. Clearly only half awake, Naruto ate the ramen and instantly fell asleep when he was finished. Chuckling slightly, Tenshi lifted him up and carried him to the guest bed. After that, he wrote a note to Naruto and vanished. On the note stood:
"Naruto, you are in my apartment. I brought you here because yours was thrashed. Spend the night, and we'll talk in the morning.
Tenshi"
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The original Tenshi carried Sakura home. Just as Naruto and Ino, Sakura fell asleep right away, snuggling up to Tenshi's warm chest. When they arrived at the Haruno house, Tenshi knocked and Rin opened.
"Oh. Tenshi? You are a bit early…what happened to Sakura?" Rin asked, clearly caught off guard.
"She's just exhausted. Some food and sleep will fix her right up." Tenshi replied and Rin nodded before turning around and walking straight into the kitchen. Tenshi followed after disposing of his shoes and Sakura's. In the kitchen he gently placed Sakura in one of the dinning chairs and woke her up.
"Huh? What? Where am I?" Sakura asked, a little groggy.
"Home. Rin is making you some food and then you are going straight to bed young lady." Tenshi said with a huge grin on his face.
"Hey, you can't order me around when I'm off duty." Sakura scolded.
"Not as your sensei, no. But as your uncle, yes." Tenshi said and his grin widened even more when Sakura pouted.
Rin laughed while placing some food in front of Sakura.
"This isn't what I was planning to make for tonight but since you uncle says you have to go to bed soon, I had to make this for you." Rin said and laughed at Sakura when she gave her a look that said: 'Don't give him more ideas.'
Sakura finished the miso soup and ohagiri that Rin had made her before standing up, although a bit wobbly. She then gave Rin and Tenshi a hug each and headed for bed.
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"She's really tired. What did you make her do?" Rin asked when she came back to the kitchen after following Sakura and making sure she didn't fall asleep in the shower, which she probably did.
"Oh, not much. I gave them some weights and made them run 40 laps around the training area. Then I let them sleep for a while, but Naruto woke up so I taught him a chakra control exercise which I taught to Ino and Sakura when they woke up. It is the exercise where you cover your body with chakra." Tenshi said.
"Ah, the refreshing technique." Rin said and Tenshi nodded. "How much weight did you give them?" Rin asked.
"80 pounds." Tenshi simply answered.
"Don't worry. They did great, at the end of the week they will be moving like they did before the weights with no problem." Tenshi reassured Rin when he saw her glare.
"Naruto had some problem with the technique and I felt that it was the Kyuubi's chakra that battled against his own, so I took him into his mindscape and to see the bastard fox. There we negotiated a deal. It seems the fox wasn't as bad as we thought. From what it told me, it was summoned into our world by someone from the Akatsuki and sent to destroy Konoha. The deal was that Kyuubi stopped fighting against Naruto's chakra and that he give Naruto chakra when needed. The conditions were that Kyuubi be allowed to talk to Naruto in his mind, and that I and Naruto sign a summoning contract for foxes, which we did." Tenshi said and Rin looked dazed.
"You actually talked to Kyuubi. Wow." She just said. Tenshi ignored her and continued.
"When we came out of Naruto's mind, he did the technique and didn't have any problems with Kyuubi's chakra. Then I taught him how to summon and tried out the new summoning as well." Tenshi said.
"How was it to summon a fox?" Rin asked.
"More taxing than a wolf, but doesn't surprise me." Tenshi replied and Rin nodded.
"They are your natural summons after all." She said while trying to look really smart. She succeeded.
"Hai. But foxes are Naruto's natural summon. But not surprisingly he had some trouble with it. But with more control and practise, he should be able to summon without a problem. While Naruto was practising summoning, Ino and Sakura woke. I taught them the refreshing technique, which they mastered much faster than Naruto, and then I had them do some physical exercises to build strength and chakra. Neither Sakura nor Ino has much chakra, so I have to work hard with them on that. Naruto fell asleep again but when he woke up, I had them do tree climbing. No one of them reached the top, but you should have seen Naruto's growth. At first he could only take five steps before falling, while Sakura made it halfway up the tree. But on the final run, Naruto had come just as high as Sakura was on her second try. That's amazing." Tenshi said, feeling real proud of his student.
"Yes, it is. But we already knew he was amazing, so that's no surprise. But did you really have to push them so hard on their first day?" Rin asked.
"Well, I'm not going to be an easy sensei. These kids are going to grow to be incredible Rin. We can't cuddle them, or lead them. I have requested to Hokage-sama that team 7 doesn't do any missions on this first week, since I am going to whip them into shape. When this week is over, they will have to do missions on top of my training. That is really going to be tough." Tenshi explained, crossing his arms and looking sternly at Rin, who nodded slowly.
"Alright, just don't kill them. And make sure they don't follow in your footsteps." Rin warned and Tenshi saddened.
"I know, but I don't know how to. I never was a kid, er…so to speak. I never learned how it is to be a normal kid, so I wouldn't know. I was planning on asking you to help me with that." Tenshi said sadly and Rin nodded.
"Sure thing little brother. I'll help. Now should we go out for dinner, since Sakura is sleeping?" she asked and Tenshi nodded.
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Rin and Tenshi were walking towards Ichiraku ramen, chatting happily.
"So now Jiraiya has a couple dozen scars on his back." Tenshi finished and Rin laughed.
"I can't believe he would actually use henge to peek at women. It probably would have worked if that kunoichi hadn't been there." Rin said and both of them laughed a bit more. Far away a certain white haired man sneezed and alerted the women he was peeping on to his presence.
"Oh no…" was all he managed to say before getting beat into the ground.
Back in Konoha, Rin and Tenshi had reached Ichiraku and had just sat down.
"One miso ramen please." Tenshi ordered.
"One vegetarian ramen." Rin ordered and when Tenshi looked at her she raised an eyebrow.
"What?" she asked but he just shrugged.
"So, what have you been doing while I was gone?" Tenshi asked
"Oh, just the usual. I'm working as a medical nin, so I work at the hospital most of the times, but I get sent on some missions as well. Raising Sakura has been a challenge since Kashu died, but we have supported each other. Sakura missed you terribly by the way. When she realised you were her sensei, I could see the joy on her face." Rin said and Tenshi saddened a bit.
"I know. I missed her as well, but the mission became a bit more complicated than I thought." Tenshi said, and Rin looked puzzled.
"What do you mean? Wasn't the mission that you search for Naruto's family?" Rin asked and Tenshi nodded.
"It was in the beginning, but seriously. Did you think it would take me six years to travel the world and search like that? The mission was a failure after three years." Tenshi said and finished his food. Rin turned and glared at him.
"Then why didn't you come back right away? You absence really made things difficult and sad here. Not just for Sakura and Naruto, but for me and Kakashi, Sandaime and all our friends." Rin scolded and Tenshi closed his eyes.
"I know, but I found out something that I had to investigate. When I was in Earth country, I found out about an organisation named Akatsuki. It is made up of S-rank missing nins from all over the shinobi lands. Uchiha Itachi is part of that group. I wondered what that organisation wanted, so I started collecting info on them." Tenshi said and drank a little water.
"Yeah, and?" Rin asked, clearly getting impatient.
"I wasn't able to learn their true goal, but I know this much…" Tenshi said and looked square in Rin's eyes.
"They want the nine tailed demons." He said and she gasped. When he turned back, Rin could see how worried Tenshi was. This organisation was strong.
"Why I can only speculate. Jiraiya is gathering more information now. But that is why it took me six years to come back. And that is why I am going to push Naruto, Sakura and Ino past their limits. When Akatsuki decides to go after Naruto, he has to be prepared for the worst." Tenshi said and drained his glass. Rin gulped a little and grabbed Tenshi's shoulder.
"Just…how strong is that organisation?" she asked.
"Itachi is the third or second strongest member. They are made up of seven members, as far as I know at least, but they have several minions. The leader, he intercepted me once. Luckily I was in disguise, so he doesn't know who I am, but he fought against me, and I tell you, he was a monster. I barely got away without releasing my mask. He was insanely fast, if I didn't know better I would say he used Shunshin." Tenshi said and the colour on Rin's face drained. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She looked like a fish out of the water.
"But I wouldn't worry too much. From what Jiraiya and I found out, they won't move for at least half a year. In that time, I intend to train myself and my team to the extreme." Tenshi said and Rin got back her determined look.
"Me too." She said and Tenshi looked at her.
"Huh?" he asked.
"I'll train with you too. It will do us both good to train together again. Perhaps we should get Kakashi as well." Rin said and Tenshi nodded.
"You're right. We should. But I'm tired of worrying about Akatsuki now. Let's talk about something else, okay?" Tenshi said and Rin nodded while smiling.
"So, how exactly did Jiraiya survive peeping on Tsunade?" Rin asked and Tenshi broke down laughing.
"Shizune healed him, although very reluctantly. The next day Jiraiya told me he had a dream about Shizune, and she heard him. She scared me, that's for sure. She can hit almost as hard as Tsunade. Can all medics hit with super human strength?" Tenshi asked and Rin nodded while grinning evilly at him. Tenshi gulped and tried to ignore the uneasy feeling he got in his stomach.
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The next day started with a bang. Or rather, a thud as Naruto lost his grip on the tree and fell smack into the ground. Groaning he got up and tried again. And again. And again. Tenshi was looking at his only male student with something akin to pride over Naruto's determination.
"Wolf, why isn't the kit managing to do this?" Kyuubi asked.
'Because he has way to much chakra compared to his body size and strength. That makes it difficult to control, but if you haven't noticed, he has shown massive improvement. I mean, yesterday he didn't know how to summon, he didn't know how to use chakra to make himself stronger, or to relax himself. Yesterday he had never spoken with you or how to walk on vertical surfaces. Now look at him. I estimate that he will be at the top in about three hours.' Tenshi replied to the fox and he mentally nodded.
"What about the two girls? That have better control, but neither have reached the top yet." Kyuubi pointed out.
It was true, both Ino and Sakura had come to a stop in their improvement about one and a half meters from the top. Tenshi knew why though.
'That is not because of lacking control, but rather lacking chakra. Both Sakura and Ino have impressive control now, they hardly waste any chakra at all. But their chakra reserves are to small to reach the top. If they took of their weights, then they would no doubt reach the top right away. But I won't allow that. I will let them try one more time before I have them doing other exercises for a while. While they do that, Naruto has to continue the control practise.' Tenshi told Kyuubi, who didn't respond at first. After a while of silence, the fox sighed.
"Do you think they will become good at all?" he asked and Tenshi smiled.
'Oh yeah. They will most certainly become, as long as they focus on training and developing their skill.' Tenshi replied before jumping and landing on the same tree Naruto trained on. He watched as Naruto ran past him. He saw when Naruto's control slipped and he crushed the tree under his foot. Naruto managed to mark the tree before flying towards the ground.
"Baka. You're going to break your neck!" Kyuubi yelled in Naruto's head, making said boy panic. Luckily Tenshi caught him before making a impact on the ground.
"Thanks Tenshi-ossan." Naruto yelled when he saw Tenshi had rescued him.
"My pleasure. But Naruto, sit down for a moment." Tenshi ordered. Naruto complied and sat down with his legs crossed.
'Kyuubi, can you teach Naruto a meditative technique?' Tenshi asked.
"Of course. What do you think I am, stupid? But why do you want him to meditate?" Kyuubi replied.
'So he can look at his chakra.' Tenshi replied. Naruto looked shocked at that.
"Look at my chakra? What do you mean?" he asked but Tenshi chuckled.
"Wait and see." Was all he said before walking over to Ino and Sakura, just in time to catch Ino.
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"Well girls. I think its time for you two to find out what you will be doing for the next three days." Tenshi said while smiling at Sakura and Ino. Both looked expectant at him.
"Are you going to teach us a new jutsu?" Ino asked eagerly, but Tenshi shook his head.
"Now, I'm not. I'll start with telling you why you can't reach the top of the tree. Do you know why?" Tenshi asked.
"Too little control?" Sakura asked.
"No, too little chakra." Tenshi said. When Sakura and Ino stared in disbelief, Tenshi chuckled.
"Why do you have to take a break after landing? Why does it feel so heavy to take those last steps? Why can't you push past that point?" Tenshi asked and threw a kunai at the point Ino and Sakura couldn't pass.
"Because when you reach that point, your chakra is empty. To make chakra, you mold spirit energy and body energy. When one of the energies stops, the chakra stops. To push past that problem, you have to increase you chakra capacity. To do that, well it's easier to show you." Tenshi said and folded up his sleeves. There were similar weights to those that Sakura and Ino wore. Tenshi did the same to his pants and showed that he wore weights there as well.
"As you saw" Tenshi said while hiding his weights again. "I wear the same type of weights you three do. Mine weight 125 pounds now. That's 500 pounds total. I am going to show you what you two will be doing. I will probably join you for the three days as well, since I need training as well. But 125 is a little to light. I think I'll…"
"125 pounds on each arm and leg is to light? How strong are you really?" Ino interrupted. Sakura just stared at her uncle.
'Wow' was all she managed.
"Um, strong. Now as I was saying, I think I'll double that." Tenshi said. As he said that, his weights glowed blue and suddenly the ground under him started to crack. Then the blue glow faded, and Tenshi stood up, although both Ino and Sakura saw that it was heavy for him.
"There. 250 pounds each. Now, do as I do. Okay?" Tenshi said. The girls nodded hesitantly and Tenshi started doing push ups. He looked at Sakura and Ino, who were also doing push ups.
"You can stop at 40." Tenshi said and continued. He did 100. Then he started with sit ups. Again Sakura and Ino did 40, while he did 100. Then came squats. After that the three of them stood up.
"Tired?" Tenshi asked and Ino and Sakura nodded.
"A bit." they said.
"Well, too bad, for now comes the hard part." Tenshi said and started running. Sakura and Ino followed close behind.
As they passed Naruto, who was now meditation, Tenshi looked at him.
'Good, he has already learned to meditate. Kyuubi, after he has meditated for half an hour, get him to continue the tree climbing.' Tenshi thought
"Alright Wolf. Have fun with the females." Kyuubi replied. Tenshi chose to ignore the tone the fox used.
Tenshi, Sakura and Ino kept running for a while. They ran a lap around Konoha and when they came back to the training area, Sakura and Ino were exhausted. Tenshi saw that Naruto was trying to reach the top. He had improved again. Turning to the girls, Tenshi smiled.
"I'm proud of you two. Good work. Now before you ask, becoming stronger like this will not only increase speed, strength and stamina, but also chakra capacity. Now, please sit down in the Lotus and do the refreshing technique while I go check on Naruto." Tenshi said. The girls nodded, to tired to speak and did as he said. Tenshi looked at them as they spread chakra throughout their bodies. He smiled and walked over to Naruto.
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After Tenshi asked Kyuubi to teach Naruto, the fox went into its own version of lecture mode.
"Listen kit. When you meditate, you calm your body. There are two versions. Either you focus on nothing, or you focus on only one thing. For you it would be better to focus on one thing. Take your breathing for example. Think only of making it even and steady. Feel yourself become one with your breathing. The goal is to reach a special meditative state. When in this state, you can to a certain extent become aware of all around you, you can become aware of your own body and how it works. You feel how chakra flows and if you become really good at meditating, then you can 'see' around you. Your sensei can do that. When he meditates, there is almost no possibility of sneaking up on him. But don't worry about that yet. Just focus on one thing and let it relax your body." Kyuubi lectured. Naruto nodded and focused on his own breathing. He tried to relax, but he couldn't. Feelings of annoyance entered his head. His body became more and more tense until Kyuubi roared in his head, almost scaring Naruto out of his good skin.
"Baka. I said focus on one thing. You aren't focusing enough on your breathing. Push away all other thoughts, feelings and actions. Focus only on breathing in and out. In and out." Kyuubi growled and Naruto nodded and gave it a second try. This time when the annoyance came, Naruto crushed it and focused on breathing in and out.
After a few minutes Naruto felt a calmness spread over him. He thought it was something bad and increased his efforts in focusing on his breathing. Slowly, the calm went away and Kyuubi growled.
"Kit, you almost entered the meditative state, but cancelled it when you focused to hard on breathing. That calmness is the meditative state, the goal with all of this. Now try again, brat!" Kyuubi growled. Naruto was about to retort, but thought better of it and tried again. This time the annoyance didn't come and when he felt the calm spread, he allowed it. the result was instant. Naruto felt more calm than ever, he could feel his hearth beat, feel his breath, feel his blood flow. He could hear the birds sing, the leaves rustle. But he could also see something, even though his eyes were closed. Something blue moving around his body. Also sometimes he would see some red accompany the blue.
"The blue is your chakra. The red is my chakra. And before you wonder, no the two chakras aren't fighting, instead they are mixing. That is what gives you the fast healing you have. That is why you can work so hard without feeling the after effects to the same extent your team mates will. The reason Wolf wanted you to learn to meditate was so that you would see this. See how your chakra flows around your body? When you use a jutsu, your chakra moves in a specific pattern. This pattern is what makes the jutsu work. The same goes for when you use chakra for other things as well. For example, do the refreshing technique and see." Kyuubi instructed. Naruto formed the seal for the ram and was amazed when he saw how the chakra first moved when he formed the seal and then how it flowed around his body.
"Now focus your chakra in your feet kit. See how it is." Kyuubi said. even if he didn't tell Naruto, he was impressed.
'To be able to hold the meditative state so easily so fast is very good. Heh, this kit holds potential alright.' Kyuubi thought to himself. Then both Naruto and Kyuubi noticed Tenshi, Sakura and Ino come back. Tenshi looked at Naruto for a moment before telling Sakura and Ino something. Moments later Naruto felt their chakra move and cover them. he understood they used the refreshing technique. Moments later he felt Tenshi crouch in front of him. Naruto stopped the meditation and looked at Tenshi.
"That was…it felt…" Naruto began, but couldn't find words.
"Nice?" Tenshi asked and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, but it was cool too. I could see my chakra." Naruto yelled and jumped up. Tenshi groaned and rubbed his ears.
"No need to yell Naruto. But yes, it is really cool." Tenshi said smilingly.
'Kyuubi? How deep was he?' Tenshi then asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Naruto asked and both Kyuubi and Tenshi chuckled.
"He wasn't very deep. He couldn't sense much around him, but his hearing increased. But with practise he should be able to enter deeper states." Kyuubi reported and Tenshi nodded.
"Will someone tell me what's going on?" Naruto yelled.
"Take it easy. We mean that the better you are at meditating, the deeper you go. The deeper you go, the more aware you become and the more relaxing it is for the body. Deep enough and you won't need sleep either, although it does not mean you should stop sleeping if your reach that level." Tenshi explained and Naruto nodded slowly.
"Anosa, anosa. Will I reach that level?" Naruto asked.
"Perhaps.""Perhaps" were the replies.
Then Tenshi stood up and pointed to the tree Naruto climbed.
"Come on. Try again." He said. Naruto nodded and stood up. Forming the ram seal again, he ran towards the tree and went up it. This time he did much better, nearly reaching Sakura and Ino's current max.
'Wow, that's a huge improvement. Soon he will be ready for the water walk.' Tenshi thought and pride welled up in him.
'Oh, time to check on the girls.' He thought and headed over to Sakura and Ino. They were still using the refreshing technique. Tenshi sat down in front of them and closed his eyes. Entering his standard meditative state, he saw how much chakra they had left. Ino and Sakura looked at him questionably but didn't say anything.
"Girls, go back to tree climbing please." Tenshi suddenly said. Ino and Sakura got to their feet and looked at Tenshi, waiting for him to get up. Finally Ino got enough.
"Hey, sensei! Get up. Aren't you going to watch?" she asked.
"I am watching. Now get moving." Tenshi ordered. Sakura and Ino shrugged and moved to their tree. Starting to climb, both felt how tired they were, but also it seemed strangely easy to climb. They didn't realise their chakra lasted half a meter further up than usual. When they landed they stared in disbelief at the tree.
"See? Even when you are exhausted from all that running, you manage to improve. This is what it means to train. To push past limits. You two understand?" Tenshi asked and Sakura and Ino whirled around to stare at him. He hadn't moved at all, sitting in the same position on the same spot.
"Uncle…?" Sakura asked. Tenshi still didn't move, but she got the impression that he was amused.
"I am in my meditative state. In this state, I have heightened senses. I can see you even with my eyes closed. Perhaps I will teach you two how to meditate soon. Naruto already knows it." Tenshi explained and the girls looked over and saw that Naruto was closing in on them.
"How did he improve so much?" Ino asked.
"Because he learned how to meditate, and he saw how his chakra moves. That showed him how to move chakra correctly. That is a big part of what control is. Knowing how chakra moves. Yes, I have to teach you two how to meditate. Alright, come here." Tenshi said. The girls turned from Naruto and walked over to their still meditating sensei.
"Sit." And they did. Crossing their feet like Tenshi had, they paid full attention to him.
"Meditation is something that is very useful. I won't explain what it does, since I believe you two are so smart you would do better by discovering your selves." Tenshi said and the girls glared at him.
"Lazy uncle." Sakura mumbled but Tenshi ignored her.
"Here is what I will tell you. When meditation, you focus on either one thing or nothing at all. Although I focus on one thing, there are those that clear their mind completely when they meditate. And before you ask, there is no better way, and there is no requirement for what to focus on. But it has to be something soothing. Meditation puts you in a trance like state that when used properly, serves its purpose perfectly. Now I want you two to try it. Remember, focus on only one thing. When you do it properly, you will feel a calmness spread over you. Allow that to come, but all other thoughts don't belong in meditation." Tenshi explained. Sakura and Ino nodded before thinking about one thing. Surprisingly the same thing, namely Sasuke. Tenshi noticed right away, since their heath beats increased.
"Um, you two didn't listen. Something relaxing. That means not Sasuke. Think of the nature around you, or your breathing." Tenshi said and both girls eeped when he said that. Sakura then thought about the things around her. The sound of the wind, of the birds. She found that it calmed her more than she thought it would. She soon felt the calmness that Tenshi spoke of spread and she allowed it. When it spread over her whole body and mind, she suddenly found she could hear much better, smell much better. She felt her chakra and saw how it moved.
Ino on the other hand focused on breathing evenly. She too felt the calmness spread but a image of Sasuke throwing shuriken invaded with her thoughts and disrupted her focus.
"Try again Ino." Tenshi said and Ino nodded.
It took Ino two more tries until she entered the meditative state. Tenshi then let both of them stay that way for a while, watching them rebuild their chakra reserves.
One hour after Ino entered her meditative state, Tenshi's voice brought them both back.
"It's time to work again." He said and Ino and Sakura opened their eyes to see Tenshi smiling brightly at them.
"But well done both of you. I am proud of you." He said and helped them rise.
"That was amazing sensei. I could hear so much." Ino said.
"Me too. And I saw how my chakra moved." Sakura said and Tenshi nodded.
"That's good. Then you should both know how to move your chakra, if only a little better. Now, I am going to let you try one more time before going home." He said and pointed to their trees. Sakura and Ino nodded and ran over to their trees and ran up. Tenshi looked up and smiled as they both passed by the points they had stopped at before and reached the top. When they started to fall, he ran up and caught them both. Laying them down on the ground, he smiled even wider.
"See? You did it. Both of you reached the top. Excellent work. When Naruto gets down, the training for today is over." Tenshi said and as on queue Naruto landed with a thud behind him.
"Damn. I'm almost to the top." Naruto yelled and prepared to rush again when a hand grabbed him.
"No. That is enough. Training is over for today. Each of you have shown massive improvements today, and deserve a little rest. Come on, lets go to Ichiraku. My treat." Tenshi said and Naruto whopped in joy.
"Um, sensei?" Ino asked.
"Yes?" Tenshi replied, turning to the girl.
"I hope you are rich, since Naruto can eat a lot of ramen." Ino said and Sakura snickered.
"I know he can. I know." Tenshi said sadly while he gave them a smile before they headed towards Konoha and food.
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My new chapter. Read and review. I got 5 whole reviews for my first chapter, in the same day it was posted. That's more than what my first fic got for its entire storyline, 14 chapters and all. And before you ask, no I wasn't sarcastic, I was happy that this fic is at least being read. It's so much better to write when you know someone is reading. So read and review folks, and I'll probably finish the next chapter soon.
Ja ne!