Hiraishin and Shunshin

"Speech"

"Thought"

"Demon speech"

"Demon thought"

Chapter 7 Training

Itachi decided to train Sasuke in the Mangekyo for the next month. That left Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Kisame.

"What should we do while Sasuke is training?" asked Sakura.

"Train too, of course." said Naruto.

"Before you train, I want to check your affinities first." said Kakashi while reaching to his pocket.

He had some cards in his hands.

"These are chakra papers. Put some chakra into it and it will react to your affinity. If it's fire, it'll burn. Wind will slice it in two. Lightning will make it crumple. Earth will turn it into dust. Water will make it wet." said Kakashi.

He channelled his chakra to a card. The chakra paper crumpled. He gave the other two cards to them.

Sakura channelled her chakra. The card was wet and it turned to dust. Sakura had both water and earth affinity. Kakashi chuckles.

"You're special. You have two affinities. Water and earth. Both of them are good for both attacking and defending. Your stronger affinity is water while earth is your second. Just like Shodaime-sama." commented Kakashi. Sakura grinned.

Naruto channelled his chakra. The card split in two and each piece burned. Kakashi raised an eyebrow.

"You also have two affinities Naruto. Your main affinity is wind while your second is fire. Wind and fire are good for collaboration jutsus." Naruto whooped in joy.

Sakura smiled at him. "Can you please teach me elemental jutsus and medical jutsus, Kakashi-sensei?" she asked.

"Maybe I can teach you Nature manipulation, using your elemental nature. But I don't know about medical jutsus. Maybe I should look for a book for you." said Kakashi.

"If you are looking for a medical book, can you get the ones from Tsunade-sama?" asked Sakura.

Kakashi nodded. "So... who will train me?" asked Sakura.

"Hm, maybe I can teach you in water manipulation." said Kisame.

To say that Sakura was shocked is an understatement. She would be trained by an Akatsuki member? So she did what she can do.

She screamed.

The other three covered their ears. "What the hell?! Why would you train me?" asked Sakura, pointing at Kisame.

Kisame raised his hands in a defensive manner. "Eh, I just have nothing to do. I said I'm loyal to Itachi, right?" said Kisame.

"It's okay, Sakura. Besides, he's proficient in the water manipulation. While I'm going to teach Naruto." said Kakashi.

"You don't need to do that, Kakashi-sensei. Train Sakura. I have another sensei that can teach me." said Naruto.

"Who?" asked Kakashi.

Naruto pointed his thumb to his stomach. "Kurama, of course. After all, we made a deal."

"Oh, and you can use my mindscape to train. That includes Sasuke. Time in my mind is a lot faster than here. One day there is equal to a second here." continued Naruto.

The others widened their eyes and grinned. Naruto went to grab Sasuke and Itachi. He returned in less than ten seconds. He put a Hiraishin mark on Itachi after all.

"So, are we going to your training place?" asked Sasuke.

Naruto nodded. Then... he facepalmed. He didn't know how to put them inside his head.

"Kurama, what should I do?"

"Make Kage Bunshins, then fist bump with them."

"Naruto, what's wrong?" asked Sakura.

"I didn't know how to put you all to my mind. But don't worry, I figured it out."

Sasuke had a look of doubt on him. "You sure?" he asked.

Naruto nodded. He made 4 Kage Bunshins. All Narutos fist bumped with the five.

Naruto's mindscape

"And... here we are." said Naruto.

"Wow..." said the five in unison.

They looked at their surroundings. Forest, lake, mountain. All of them are here.

"This... is perfect." said Sakura.

"We'll take the forest." said Itachi.

"We'll take the lake." said Sakura.

Then they departed.

"What? I haven't introduced Kurama yet."

Naruto shook his head.

"Just ignore them. Come on. Let's train." said the overgrown fox.

Naruto sighed. "Okay."

With Sasuke

"So, which one do you prefer? Tsukuyomi, or Amaterasu?"

"Amaterasu, of course." said Sasuke.

"Ninjutsu type, eh? All right. Let's begin. Fight me." said Itachi.

They took a fighting stance. They turned on their Mangekyo. Sasuke decided to strike first. He didn't want to be caught in a genjutsu. Sasuke Shunshined to Itachi's back. Then he fired a Goukakyu at him. Itachi Shunshined away.

Sasuke chased Itachi with Shunshin. They played Shunshin cat and mouse for minutes. They got tired of that. Sasuke decided to use another tactic. Kakashi's tactic. He summoned a Kage Bunshin. The Bunshin Shunshined and fired Hosenka no Jutsu with kunai in each projectile. Itachi countered with another set of Hosenka.

The kunai inside the projectiles kept flying towards Itachi. Itachi was forced to dodge. Then the real Sasuke decided to use the jutsu he practiced in Wave.

Sasuke Raiton Shunshined beside Itachi. The lightning sparks immobilized Itachi. But Itachi turned into crows and flew away. Then another Sasuke appeared from below Itachi. That Sasuke kicked Itachi in the dick upwards. Itachi flew upwards but backflipped to regain his balance.

But the real Sasuke Raiton Shunshined just below Itachi. Itachi was immobilized again in midair. It made him land ungracefully. The real and Bunshin Sasuke decided to end the battle with two Amaterasus.

Having trained in reflexes since he entered ANBU, Itachi summoned a Kage Bunshin and countered it with another two Amaterasus. The black flames spread to the sides, just like before.

Both of them panted.

"You're great at using Shunshin, forming tactics, and using the Amaterasu. Shisui taught you well. However, you didn't show me your taijutsu skills."

Sasuke sighed. "Can we learn kenjutsu after taijutsu?" asked Sasuke.

Itachi raised an eyebrow. "Kenjutsu?"

Sasuke nodded. "Hmm, I can teach you how to use katana." said Itachi.

"Yay!" cheered Sasuke.

"I never thought he would show his childish side after the massacre." Itachi said with a smile.

"Okay..." said Itachi.

"But, we don't have a sword here." said Sasuke.

"Then let's train taijutsu first." said Itachi.

"I'm going to teach you the ancient Uchiha taijutsu. The Shiryuuken (Death Dragon Fist)." he said.

"Sounds cool. Let's get started."

Itachi taught Sasuke the Shiryuuken. It mixed fire style with swift taijutsu moves to intercept enemy movements or to strike enemy's weak point. Once the enemy created an opening, Sasuke will strike as much as he can until the enemy lose. And what Itachi meant by swift, was really fast. Sasuke had to constantly use the Shunshin to attack from any/every directions. Or Sasuke can form a dragon head and launch it for long range attacks.

That was very exhausting for him. They were now sparring again. Sasuke lit his fists in flames. It took the form of a dragon's head. He charged at Itachi by running towards him. He cocked his fist back. When Itachi raised his hands to block it, Sasuke Shunshined behind Itachi. But Itachi blocked it by turning in lightning speed. His fists were also lit in dragon head flames.

Dragon head met dragon head. When the two fists clashed they produced a shockwave followed by flame waves. Sasuke poofed. Itachi widened his eyes. Sasuke launched from the ground, dragon fist cocked. Itachi crouched and performed an upwards kick covered in dragon flame. They clashed again, and created another shockwave.

This clash of dragon head flames continued for several minutes. Sasuke decided to use long range attacks. He continuously made dragon heads and launched them at Itachi. Itachi also fired dragon heads while evading the projectiles. The projectiles would explode and made a little crater when they impacted with anything.

The forest surrounding them was burned to ash. Little craters with scorched ground could be seen everywhere.

"Wow. You mastered the Shiryuuken in just several weeks." said Itachi.

"Actually, it was several seconds." said Sasuke with a smile.

Itachi chuckled. "I'm happy that my little brother would be stronger than me." said Itachi.

Sasuke smiled sincerely. "Next would be Uchiha Kenjutsu. But why don't you get some rest first? In the real world." said Itachi.

They walked back to the place where they thought Naruto could be found to ask him how to get out.

With Sakura

"So... what should I do?" asked Sakura to Kakashi and Kisame.

"Of course we will work on your water manipulation. We'll start it by... shaking water in a bottle without shaking it. Oh, and nature training will also improve your chakra control." said Kisame.

He grabbed a water bottle from who knows where and shaked the water without moving his hands.

"This is the first step." said Kisame.

Sakura nodded with determination in her eyes. "Cha! You can do this! And I will help you control it! Cha!" said a certain entity.

Sakura took the water bottle and started to shake the water. She failed in the first try.

"It's okay, Sakura. You can do this." cheered Kakashi.

Sakura got the hang of it in the tenth try. Then she mastered it in the thirteenth try. Kisame raised an eyebrow. "Her chakra control is... amazing. Even I couldn't master it that fast." said Kisame.

Sakura smiled proudly. "What's next?" she asked.

"Here is a bowl of water. Make a pillar of water from it like this." said Kisame.

He put his hands below the bowl, then the water raised and formed a pillar. Sakura tried and failed. She mastered it in a day.

"I'm really impressed by her chakra control. Though her chakra capacity is small." said Kisame, looking at the currently panting Sakura.

"What's next, Kisame-sensei?" asked Sakura.

Kakashi had to hold the urge to laugh and roll on the floor. Kisame just stood there, not knowing how to react to the suffix.

"U-um... you have to raise a pillar from a whole lake like this." said Kisame.

He put his hands to the lake, and the water raised and formed a big pillar. Sakura looked like she lost the confidence she had before. To raise a whole lake, would require a lot of chakra.

"Cha! Don't worry! I'll give you the chakra I stole from you while you do the work! Cha!"

Sakura was confused. "Since when did you steal my chakra?"

"Since you were a babe! Cha! You have a lot of chakra stored in your head now! That's why you had a big, big forehead! Cha!"

Sakura twitched her eyes. But she regained her confidence, knowing that she had a lot of dormant chakra. And now she will unleash it a bit.

"Just handle the chakra amount to my Inner Self. I just have to think about how to control the water!"

Sakura touched the lake and closed her eyes. She shot her eyes open. Then a pink chakra aura exploded from her. Inner Sakura appeared, also touching the lake.

"Let's do this! Cha!" "Let's do this! Cha!"

The water raised and formed a solid pillar. Kisame and Kakashi dropped their jaw. Samehada licked it's lip, feeling the amount of chakra emitted from Sakura.

Sakura released her touch on the lake. Inner Sakura disappeared and cut the chakra flow to save some.

"What was that? Even Samehada is interested on you." said Kisame.

"That was the chakra stored in my head." said Sakura, pointing to her forehead.

"It's dormant if I don't activate it." said Sakura again.

"So, can we continue to the next training?" asked Kakashi.

"But I haven't mastered it yet. I did it because of some extra chakra. Can one of you improve my chakra capacity?" asked Sakura.

Kakashi and Kisame looked at each other. Kisame gestured at Kakashi to teach her.

"Okay. So, to increase chakra capacity, you would have to suffer a temporary hell."

And she did. She had to fight Kakashi after she was exhausted by using too much ninjutsu. She was also given a massive water style jutsu that consumes a lot of chakra. Sakura had to perform that jutsu. She was now on the verge of fainting.

"Okay, I think you really need some rest Sakura. To recover your stamina and let your chakra enter your now bigger chakra capacity." said Kakashi.

Sakura nodded. She took a day to rest. After she was fully recovered, she returned to the lake. Kakashi looked at her. She nodded.

She put her hands to the water and started raising it. The water raised slowly. Sakura had a strained look on her face. The water kept raising. Then it formed a pillar. Sakura tried to hold it as long as she can. She shouted in concentration. She slowly returned the water back to the lake.

Sakura panted. That was a hard work since it took a lot of chakra and extreme control.

"You did it. Your chakra capacity is now equal to a jounin." said Kisame.

Sakura laughed while panting. She did it by herself.

"Should we continue on water manipulation, or should we do another chakra capacity training?" asked Kakashi.

Kisame put his hand to his chin. "I don't think we should to that. Let's continue the water manipulation. This one consumes less chakra than the lake pillar, but it takes a lot of control and concentration. You have to change the course of a river."

Sakura looked like she was hit by something hard. "What?! Changing the course of a river?" shouted Sakura.

"Yes. After that there is still one more training." said Kisame.

They walked to a river. Kisame put his hands and made the water flow backwards. Sakura stared in amazement.

It's her turn. "Hey! Help me controlling this, please."

"Cha! Okay! Let's do this together! Cha!"

Sakura placed her hands to the river. Inner Sakura also did the same in her mind. The river slowed down, stopped, then slowly changed it's course. But Sakura lost control over it, causing the water to return to the normal direction.

She tried again, again, and again. She lost count. After several days, she finally mastered it. She even can do it without her tenant's help and with one hand only.

"Okay. Last is, making the waterfall fall upwards." said Kisame.

Sakura was not shocked anymore. It's just changing the course of river in a higher degree. Kisame stood in front of the waterfall. He put his hands on it. Then the water started moving upwards, before he released it.

Sakura put her hands on it, just like what Kisame did. Slowly, the waterfall stopped, and moved upwards. But she lost it in the middle of the water's ascension. The water fell. And flooded the area.

"Sorry." said Sakura with a sheepish grin.

She tried again. This time she can do it. Then she slowly returned it.

"You really are a fast learner, Sakura. You've mastered the water manipulation to a high degree." said Kisame.

"You sure, there's no more training there?"

Kisame shook his head. "Um, what about doing it again from the start. This time without touching the water." suggested Sakura.

Kisame thought about it for a moment. "Maybe you can train like that. But I can't teach you anymore. It's beyond my level." said Kisame.

So Sakura started again from the beginning. Without touching. The training was possible. She can raise a part of a lake without touching it before she lost control. She trained for weeks, months even. She finally was able to make the waterfall fall upwards without touching it. And then she got another idea.

"Hey, senseis." called Sakura.

"Hmm?" responded the two in unison.

"I've been thinking..."

"Thinking what?"

"The air contains water vapor, right?"

Kakashi and Kisame nodded slowly.

"Then I can turn the vapor into water, right?" asked Sakura.

"Yes. But there's only one man who can do that throughout the history."

"Yes, I know. The Nidaime Hokage."

Kakashi nodded. Sakura decided to start. She sat on a meditating position. She closed her eyes. She lifted her hands. If you're a Hyuuga, you can see her flowing her chakra around her. The vapor was moved to one position. It slowly formed a ball of water. It got bigger and bigger. Sakura opened her eyes and looked at the result. Then she disintegrated it by turning it back into vapor.

You could see Kakashi staring at her. "None of my students are normal."

Sakura looked at him with a proud smile. She took it to another level. Moving the water while moving around. Another week was spent. Or another 7 seconds was spent.

Now Sakura can control the water like it's a part of her. She ran with water following her in her sides. She jumped from tree to tree whike controlling the water. She jumped, formed water waves and did a water ski. Hell, she jumped from the water fall and controlled the water so she will fall there.

Sakura seems proud. Kakashi and Kisame looked at her with pride and... disbelief. That someone so young could do feats like this.

"Don't say that you have another idea, Sakura. Now we get into the medical jutsu. But you should rest first, you know." said Kakashi.

They headed to Naruto.

With Naruto

"What should I train at, Kurama?" asked Naruto.

"Of course your wind element and fire element."

"Okay!" shouted Naruto before he ran away.

After several seconds, he came back.

"Eh... how should I do that?"

Kurama facepalmed. "Make a Bunshin and a kunai."

Naruto just thought about it and a Bunshin appeared with a kunai. Kurama sent his chakra to the Bunshin to take over it. He coated the kunai with wind chakra, then he threw it. The kunai flew through numerous trees before it stopped in a rock. Naruto nodded.

He took a kunai, tried to coat it with wind chakra, and threw it. It didn't even get past the first tree. Naruto groaned. This would be a long training.

He mastered it in 5 days. That was normal for him since his control was a mess. Kurama approached him through his Bunshin.

"Now, the leaf cutting exercise."

He picked a leaf and covered it with both palms. A moment later, he opened his palm and the leaf was cut.

"How did you know these things?" asked Naruto.

"I lived for thousand years. It's normal if I picked something up."

Naruto started. He tried to do it but he can't. He can only cut the tip of the leaf. But progresses were made. He can finally cut it in a week. He panted.

"I never thought my control was really bad." he said.

"I don't care. Next, cutting a rock." said Kurama.

He stood beside a rock. He put his hands to the rock. The rock was cut in two, clean cut. Naruto was getting desperate.

"I won't give up no matter what!"

He started cutting the rock. Rocks after rocks were built again by Naruto since Kurama said it should be a clean cut. Naruto was able to cut the rock in two weeks.

"Next and last, cutting a waterfall. Make a waterfall, a bridge in front of the waterfall, and a lot of Bunshins." said Kurama.

Naruto made a waterfall appear. Then he made the bridge. He crossed his fingers and countless Bunshins were summoned. Kurama took over all of the Bunshins. They walked to the bridge and put their hands to the water fall. Then, the water fall was cut. Naruto's jaw dropped.

It took a month to finish it, even with the help of Bunshins.

"That was, *pant*, the last, right?" asked Naruto.

"Yeah, you crybaby. Now, let's get onto the wind jutsus."

Kurama taught Naruto Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Style: Great Breakthrough), Futon: Shinkuuha (Vacuum Wave) and Futon: Shinkuugyoku (Vacuum Spheres). Daitoppa blows enemies away with a strong gust of wind. Shinkuuha cuts enemies with large wind blades. Shinkuugyoku pierces through enemies with wind spheres/bullets.

Naruto learned it fast with Kage Bunshins and his wind manipulation.

"I think I could start to train you how to use my chakra. But I think you should rest. And look, your friends are here."

The Bunshin poofed. Naruto saw Sasuke's and Sakura's group coincidentally came together.

"I think we should rest." said Itachi.

Naruto nodded and he pushed them out of his mind. Then he thought of going out.

Real world

They found themselves in the position they were before entering Naruto's mind. Fist bumping with the Bunshins. They decided to go into separate ways.

End chapter 7

Um, if you feel that they are too overpowered, tell me. Though I still have a plan to make them stronger. If you wonder why I used dragon head for Sasuke's taijutsu, it's just because I like dragons. And thanks for the reviews! I would like more reviews. If you only knew how happy am I when I received a new review. Okay, see you in the next chapter!

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