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"Walking on trees?"

"Without using our hands?"

"What the hell are we supposed to use then?"

"Simple- your legs."

The three students watched their silver headed sensei with different reaction; Sai was bored and because of Sasuke's previous glare could not watch Naruto- so he opted to follow the crowd and stare at Kakashi. Sasuke was suspicious; he never heard of this kind of training exercise. Neither Itachi nor father mentioned it to him, so it meant Kakashi surely made it up right?

Naruto was utterly confused and had problems with catching the hidden meaning in the words. For, if all these years living with Kakashi taught him anything, it was that there was always something underneath. Perhaps underneath that underneath.

Kakashi's one visible eyes closed in a distinctive U shape; Naruto foresaw this as a smile.

"What are not telling us?" he asked, narrowing his eyes dangerously. Sasuke opted to go along with it and did his own version of a meek, interested glare.

Kakashi shrugged.

"Ok, and chakra." For once, Naruto caught onto the point of all this. His face dissolved from an upcoming scowl and brightened in a grin.

"Oh, you mean focus our chakra in our feet?" The two raven's eyes widened; unable to believe the dunce like Naruto understood something before they did. Kakashi chuckled.

"I see our Yondaime has taught you something." Naruto pouted.

"Not really- it was kaa-chan who explained the point of chakra exercises to me, saying that if I was an Uzumaki, I would most probably have problems with my control." He released a soft smile. "She explained the theory part, but said I was to learn it when I become a genin."

Kakashi was thankful Kushina was leaving him something to work with. It would be bad if Naruto learned all of Uzumaki's and Namikaze's techniques. He wanted to teach his cute little student something too!

"Right. Now, for this to work you must have a perfect chakra control; too little and you will fall off, too much and the bark would break and thus, you would not be able to keep on." Naruto nodded wisely whilst Sai and Sasuke eyed the trees carefully. Kakashi moved a bit to give them space. "You can start practicing now."

And the three did, running to the closest trees. Sasuke made it pretty high, before he fell back; twisting into a sault on his way down. Sai was few steps higher than Sasuke, before he jumped down his chakra release lowering in the move. Naruto, on the other hand…

"BOOM! CRASH!" Naruto rubbed his head apologetically, while grinning nervously. There was a distinctive mess made out of branches, leaves and pieces of wood behind him.

"He-he…"

Kakashi halted in his steps. Good grief, how big are his chakra reserves?

"Naruto, did you just destroy that tree?" Sasuke asked, owlishly blinking at him.

"Not my fault I have poor chakra control!"

Kakashi wanted to add his chakra control wasn't that much of a surprise; the power his chakra held was what shocked Sasuke.. and Sai.

The Sharingan wielder coughed into his hand.

"Like I said, too much and the tree would… Perish. Naruto, why don't you go…" He pointed further down the forest. "There and practice until you get the hang of it." Naruto nodded, wished his teammates good luck and went to do his part.

"Now, why don't you…"

"SHRIIIIEK! CRASH!"

"I'm fine!"

"… Continue with your practice and…"

"BAUM!"

"Shit!"

Giving his two wide-eyed and disturbed students a tired smile, he said:

"Just… Go."

"BOOM!"

"Kaka-sensei!"

After twenty or more trees destroyed, Naruto finally managed to take some steps before, thankfully, falling down. Sasuke also seemed to have problems of his own- releasing too much chakra than need (albeit less than Naruto). Sai was already half-way up his tree, smirking back at the Uchiha from his own branch.

After Sai finally mastered it, Kakashi and he left to get some lunch and protect Tazuna for the rest of the day; leaving two friends alone to continue with practice.

"Fruuum!"

"The heck- I didn't touch it!"

"Hn. I was annoyed."

"Show off."

A/N: And here is the next chapter! Next: The she-man and Talk with Inari