so here is the next chapter, sorry for the late update but i've been on vacation.
i do not own naruto
Sakura hit the tree with a grunt, hard enough to send spider cracks away from her. As she got up she wiped a little blood from mouth. She then gathered herself and charged. Sasuke and Sakura engaged in a brutal tiajutsu battle, they both landed a few hits, but nothing crippling. That is until Sasuke went for a punch and Sakura dodged to the side, it was to late to abort the attack, he had already committed to it.
He overshot and Sakura nailed him with a knee in the same side the log had hit him. Sasuke grunted in pain as he clumsily turned around. Sakura was about to finish it with one last punch, but she hesitated. And Sasuke took complete advantage of it. He bent down and kicked her a few feet into the air, then stood up and spun into a round house kick, timing it just right to send her crashing into a tree.
She hit the tree the fell to the ground with a thud, and just like that he was out. As soon as Sasuke saw she wasn't getting up, he fell against a tree to rest his sore body. Kakashi examined Sakura and found that she hadn't sustained any major injuries.
After about ten minutes Sakura woke up and Kakashi gathered team seven for a meeting. "Before we start, I want to say that you all three did excellent in your spars." he said with a eye smile. "But I also saw some errors, so for the rest of the day we are going to work on fixing those errors. Ok?" he finished. Receiving nods from all members of team seven. "Great, I'll give you a few more minutes to rest before we start."
After letting them rest for a minute, Kakashi got them started training. He made two shadow clones so he could help them all at once.
"Ok Sakura, first we're going to work on your tiajutsu, I noticed a few errors in it when you fought Sasuke." He said as he pulled out a scroll. "Whats that for Kakashi sensei?" she asked eyeing the scroll. "Oh this, don't worry about it for now." He said with a eye smile as he laid it down on a stump. "First a want you to go threw all your kata's. go as slow as you need to." Kakashi said as he leaned back against a tree.
Sakura went through all of them and got each one perfect. "Ok Sakura all your kata's are near perfect, so now I want you to speed it up, it took you three minutes to go threw all of them, so this time you have one and a half." Sakura nodded and went through of them at a faster pace. When she finished she looked over at Kakashi and waited on his evaluation.
Kakashi pushed himself off the tree and walked over to her, "Again Sakura very good, a few more mistakes but they were minor, so now I want you to go threw them at fighting speed."
Sakura cast a quizzical glance at him, "it means use the speed you would if you were trying to his someone." Kakashi answered her unasked question. Sakura nodded and went threw them at a fast rate. Kakashi stopping her every so often to correct something. "Ok Sakura I've found your problem, which is that you don't practice at fast speeds, so when you use them in a fight you make mistakes, we're going to work on it some today, and then whenever you practice I want you to go threw them fast as well as slow, ok?"
"Sure thing Kakashi sensei." Sakura said, then turned back to go threw the kata's again.
Sasuke and a 'Kakashi' went into a different part of the forest so as not to disturb Sakura. "Ok Sasuke first we're going to work on your control of your fire element. Sound good?" Kakashi asked as he reached into his pouch and pulled out q scroll. Receiving a nod from Sasuke he un rolled it and channeled some chakra into a seal on it. Out of it popped a shuriken with seals draw all over it.
"Ok Sasuke, the seals on this shuriken will amplify your element, this way you don't have to know elemental manipulation to do this exercise." Kakashi answered the look Sasuke was giving him.
"So all you have to do is charge it with your chakra, then while doing that focus on it swirling and getting hot, if you do it right it will look like this." Kakashi said then channeled some fire chakra into it. First it started glowing red, then flames started licking the edges, then it was completely covered in fire. "once you can do this, I will give you the next step." Kakashi said then took a seat under a tree to watch. Sasuke took the shuriken in hand and first channeled his chakra into it, then focused on it swirling and getting hot. But even after all his concentration, the shuriken just barely started glowing red.
"That's a good first try Sasuke, just keep working on it." Kakashi said with a smile, or at least what Sasuke could assume was a smile by the way his eye curved. But seeing no other way to do it, he tried again.
One of Kakashi took Naruto away to a clearing in the woods. "Ok Naruto, first we're going to work on a few errors in your tiajutsu form that I spotted, but im not to familiar with the style you use, so im not sure if there are more I missed." Kakashi said as he leaned against a tree. Naruto just nodded and started going threw his kata's.
"It's a good thing I left a few errors in my form, no genin, or even most chuunin for that matter, make no errors in their form. But I didn't think Kakashi was paying enough attention to catch them." Naruto thought to himself as he went through, correcting things as Kakashi told him to.
"Ok Naruto that's goo enough for now, Kakashi said as he walked towards Naruto. "the next thing we are going to work on is your affinity." Kakashi reached into his pouch, Naruto reflectively tensed, but then relaxed, knowing Kakashi wouldn't hurt him. Kakashi noticed Naruto tense, but brushed it off. Kakashi pulled out a kunai with some seals on it. "Elemental enhancement seals, kind of crudely drawn, but not bad Kakashi." Naruto thought to himself.
"Ok Naruto, the seals on this kunai will enhance the natural affinity. All you have to do is channel some chakra in it, then convert it to wind chakra by making two sharp edges and have them grind against each other. But since im not a wind user, if you have any major problems we' will have to find a wind user to help you. Any questions?" Kakashi explained to Naruto.
Naruto just nodded his head, and proceeded to focus chakra into the kunai, then convert it to wind chakra, but was careful to make it flawed.
Over the next week team seven continued their training every day, and every other day did one or two d-rank missions along with their training.
"Ah Kakashi, another D-rank mission?" the Sandaime said when team seven walked into his office.
"Actually I think we want a high C or low B-rank mission." Kakashi replied casually. Team seven was stunned, thye had been expecting another D-rank mission, but they quickly got over their shock and listened intently to what the third had to say.
After rummaging through his desk for a few minutes he spoke up "well I don't have anything in that ranking right now, but when I do I will call your team."
"Oh, ok then." Kakashi said with the same not-caring attitude he always seemed to have, then shunshined out of the room leaving leaves behind in his place. There was a few grumbles from team seven about how their sensei always desserts them like that as they filed out of the room. The sandaime chuckled their antics, then settled back into his chair, "So has the team improved that much? From what Naruto told me, by this time they were only…" his thought were interrupted when an ANBU dressed in solid white appeared in a brilliant swirl of blue fire.
"ah, what can I do for you?" he said in a polite but firm tone.
"Hokage sama, we need to talk…privately." Naruto said in a very ANBU like manor adding the 'sama' in front of the other ANBU to keep his cover. Sarutobi made a signal with his hand and the ANBU, including the one in the ceiling, left. Sarutobi then made a handsign and seals all around the room glowed a light blue before fading away to just feint glows.
As soon as he did Naruto removed his mask and plopped down in one of the chairs. "So Naruto, what do you need to talk about that's so important?" Sarutobi asked as he absently rubbed a scar on his wrist.
"It's about the mission were going to get in a few days. You see there is going to be a man from the land of waves asking for a C-rank escort mission. But it's actually an A-rank mission, they just cant afford to pay for it. Now that you know this I assume you would send a jounin team, but I want you to send my team." Naruto finished the rather blunt explanation.
Sarutobi leaned back into his chair and lit his pipe "Naruto, why would I send your team?" he saic then blew a stream of smoke from his mouth. Naruto then proceeded to explain how gato had taken over the nation, and nearly destroyed it. And how tazuna was building a bridge to save it.
"I see. So im assuming you want me to send your team on the escort mission, then you on a secret mission to eliminate gato and his followers?" he asked, easily seeing where Naruto was going.
Naruto just nodded. "That is possible, and im willing to do it. But im going to need more details. And also know that I cant pay you for this mission, as the village is not being paid for you to do it."
"I understand, doing this mission will be my own doing, and if I am discovered konoha will know nothing of my actions." Naruto stated.
Sarutobi chuckled, "It sounds like you've done this sort of thing before."
"Just a couple times." Naruto said with a grin as he folded his hands behind his head.
"Very well then, when this mission comes in I will assign it to your team. Is there anything else?" he asked.
"Nope that's it. See ya later old man." Naruto said as he walked out the door, tossing a wave over his shoulder. "That Naruto, always looking to help people that need it, just like his father." Sarutobi thought, as he stood nd looked out over the village.
In a few days Sarutobi called team seven to his office. "Ah Kakashi, I have that mission you requested a few days ago. I assume you still want it?"
"Hai hokage sama." Kakashi replied lazily.
"Ok then." He then turned towards the door, "You can send him in now."
It was then the door slid open and a gruff man stumbled through the door, he was wearing a pair of worn khaki pants, and a black sleeveless t-shirt with a towel draped around his neck.
As soon as he walked, er stumbled in, the smell of alcohol poured off of him. Hr surveyed the room the spoke in a gruff slurred voice, "I asked for ninja, these are just a bunch a kids!"
"I assure you they are plenty for this mission." The hokage replied.
"But how can a few kids protect me?" he demanded waving his arms, and nearly falling over in the process . but he managed to stabilize himself on the doorframe.
The hokage was about to reply but Kakashi cut it "I am an elite jounin, and if anything that they cant handle happens then I can handle it so you have no need to worry."
Tazune still didn't look like he liked but he nodded, "But im your client, and you're going to defend me, even with your life, cause I'm the greatest bridge builder ever." Tazuna said flamboyantly.
The hokage cleared his throat to get their attention. "Your leaving the village tomorrow morning, so be sure to pack everything your going to need for a few weeks. Dismissed" he received a resounding 'hia' before everyone walked out, with exception for tazuna, who barely managed it without falling over.
well i hope you liked it, i know its more of a filler, and the intro to the wave arc. review and tell me how you think.
and for those of you who are interested i have been cowriting a story its, looking for you in the sky, by panduh-fox-love. you should check it out.