Here is the new chapter and I hope you like it.

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After they had finished, Hidan and Kakuzu were then visited by Zetsu who had come out of the ground.

He mumurred, "So you finished your winded ritual."

Hidan complained, "You too? Ignorant heathens, all of you."

Zetsu then said, "When you are sad and alone…, you can only depend on yourself."

Kakuzu disagrees, "No not really, I say the only thing you can believe in is money."

"There it is! Seriously, your damn side jobs are why it's taking so long to find our Jinchūriki!" Hidan shouted.

Kakuzu replied, "I only partnered up with you because I figured I could make money off of your religion. Besides, I also have to manage Akatsuki's finances. Put yourself in my shoes for a minute."

Then Zetsu commented, "Money is important, but not as important as getting the next one! I'll take the two-tails."

The next day…

We find Naruto and Kakashi in the training grounds.

"Well, we should get started." Kakashi said, until Naruto started to laugh under his breath.

Confused, Kakashi asked, "What is it?"

"Well, it's been so long since you trained me and I don't know why but it makes me happy," Naruto answered.

"I see," Kakashi replied while he smiled.

He added, "If you want to laugh, now's your only chance, Naruto."

Naruto stopped laughing as Kakashi said seriously, "Because we're short on time."

Then Naruto started to listen intently and then Kakashi explained, "For our objective in your training, we're going to create a new technique that surpasses even the Rasengan. To do that, we have to take into account of shape manipulation and chakra nature manipulation as well."

Naruto nodded his head excitededly and replied, "Okay."

Kakashi requested, "Make a Rasengan, Naruto."

Naruto smiled and said, "Coming right up."

He created a clone and then the clone was rotating Naruto's chakra in his hand; creating the Rasengan.

"Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he was about to hit the ground with the sphere.

"Okay, stop," Kakashi interrupted.

Naruto had stopped himself before he could hit the ground with the Rasengan and looked up at Kakashi.

"You've already mastered shape manipulation; that's what Rasengan is. You rotate your raw chakra wildly at extreme speeds and compress the energy. That is shape manipulation itself, which you could say Rasengan takes it to the ultimate level." Kakashi explained.

"Then I passed shape manipulation, right?" Naruto asked.

Kakashi smiled and answered, "That's right."

Naruto then threw the Rasengan into the air and yelled happily "Alright!"

Then Kakashi said, "So now we're going into chakra nature manipulation or rather we are going to help strengthen your control over your element that you have an affinity for."

Then he asked, "I'm sure you know your element affinity since you know different wind element techniques."

Naruto nodded and said, "Yeah, I learned some wind techniques when I was training with Ero-Sennin. I knew I had an affinity for it, so I trained in it regularly. But what will we do to learn a new technique in no time?"

Kakashi then corrected him, "I said for it to take less time."

"Yeah, how will we do it?" Naruto asked.

"We will use your Mass Shadow Clones," Kakashi answered.

Naruto just looked more confused and asked, "That's it?"

Kakashi answered, "Yes, we'll use your Shadow Clones."

"I don't think I get what you're saying," Naruto said.

"Well, I thought you'd ask about that so we'll both make a Shadow Clone; just one though." Kakashi instructed.

Naruto agreed and then they both said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Then two clones appeared; one of Kakashi and one of Naruto and Kakashi's clone said, "Now, the originals and the clones will go into separate groups. Naruto's clone will come with me into the woods."

Then the clones had gone into the woods while Naruto and Kakashi waited.

Naruto asked, "What are our clones doing?"

"You'll see soon enough," Kakashi answered criptically.

Then suddenly Naruto blinked and then he smiled and Kakashi asked, "What did our clones do then?"

"Kakashi-Sensei you have to treat to Ichiraku Ramen because I beat you at Rock, Paper, Scissors!" Naruto answered cheekily.

"You forced that bet on me! But you understand now right; any memories that the clone gains, the memories are then transferred to the original." Kakashi said.

Naruto nodded in understanding, "I see, I use it all the time and I knew of the side effect, but I guess I didn't realize that it could be used in training."

Then he added, "Then if I use the clones in my training, I get more experience from each clone then."

Kakashi nodded and then said, "I want you to strengthen your control over the wind-natured chakra. The first exercise is to hold a leaf between your hands and cut it with your chakra." Naruto nodded and smiled excitedly.

Then Kakashi said, "Remember that I want you to do this training with your Shadow Clones."

Naruto asked, "How many should I make?"

"Well, if eachclone gets a single leaf…" He pointed at one tree and answered, "About that many."

Naruto smiled and yelled, "Taiju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Then about a thousand Naruto clones had appeared, each one holding a leaf in their hands, cutting the leaf with their chakra. Of course, since he had already done this before; all of the clones had cut through their leaves pretty easily.

Naruto and all of his clones, "We did it!" throwing the leaf halves in the air.

Kakashi watched his student as he thought to himself, "He really has gotten stronger; there might not be much more I can teach him."

Then he said aloud, ""Now release your technique, Naruto; we'll see how much more experience you have gained."

Naruto then released his clones and then it was just him and he was smiling.

"Alright, so what's the next step?" Naruto asked until he swayed a bit dazedly.

"We also have to take into account of how much strain it can put on you," Kakashi explained.

Naruto shook his head and replied, "No, I'm okay, Kurama was helping me with that. Anyway, what is the next step?"

Just as he asked that, Yamato came to them and surprised Naruto.

"Oh, who are you?" Naruto asked.

"I'm Yamato; I was the one who had replaced Kakashi-san on his team previously," Yamato answered.

Naruto then replied, "Oh that's right, Ino about you but I haven't met you yet. I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

Yamato smiled and replied, "It's nice to meet you too."

Then Kakashi explained, "I asked Yamato to come to help with the next step and to also demonstrate something for us."

Kakashi then nodded to Yamato and then Yamato made a few hand seals and shouted, "Doton: Doryū Jōheki!"

Suddenly, the ground from underneath Yamato rose up high; forming an earthen wall.

Then he shouted again, "Suiton: Takitsubo no Jutsu!"

Then water started to flow over the side of the wall; creating a large waterfall.

"I use two elements; water and earth and I use these two at the same time to create…" He clasped his hands together and then trees sprouted along the wall next to the waterfall, "Wood element."

"Whoa, so you have the same wood element as the First, huh?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, that's right," Yamato answered.

Kakashi interrupted, "Anyway, on to the next step, Naruto. Now be warned: this might be a bit more difficult than cutting leaves. Your next step; is to cut the waterfall." As he said this, Yamato had created a tree that extended across the distance of the waterfall in front of it.

Naruto looked at Kakashi in shock and then looked up at the enormous waterfall but then he smiled and started to go up but Kakashi said, "Wait, Naruto."

Naruto turned back to him and asked, "What is it?"

Kakashi replied, "This is only as a precaution but Yamato will prepare a jutsu that would suppress Kurama's chakra from coming out."

Naruto was about to protest but Kurama interrupted, "He's right, it's best until you can properly train with my chakra."

Then Naruto nodded and replied, "Okay, that's fine."

Then Yamato had created wooden dragon statues, sat down in the middle of them and then had the kanji for "sit" on his palm.

Kakashi and then said, "Okay, you can go ahead."

Then Naruto took his jacket and shirt off, went up on the log and created a thousand clones and started to try to cut the water.

Elsewhwhere, Kakuzu and Hidan were in front of a temple with two large statues at the front.

"A temple, huh? Do you think the Jinchūriki would be here?" Hidan asked.

Kakuzu answered, "This is no ordinary temple, so the odds are good."

Kakuzu's hand then turned a grayish color and then he punched the giant iron doors down, causing them to crah to the ground alerting the monks in the temple.

"What was that?!" one person shouted. While another monk said, "Alert Chiriku-sama!"

"Noone here seems to be willing to convert to the Church of Jashin," Hidan commented.

In a different chamber, there was a man meditating in front of a winged statue.

"Chiriku-sama!" a monk shouted, "Intruders!"

Then the man called named Chiriku asked, "Who are they?"

The man answered, "Members of the Akatsuki!"

"I knew they would come one day but…" Chiriku thought.

Then he said, "I'll go; tell the others to cover me."

Then Chiriku went outside to face Hidan and Kakuzu.

Hidan asked, "Another virtuous one?"

"Not just virtuous; according to our bingo book, his head is worth 30 million ryō," Hidan explained.

Hidan complained, "Hey, we are not here to collect a bounty are we? Killing a monk is like a one-way ticket to Hell!"

Kakuzu replied bluntly, "Even Hell runs on money; I'd be just fine."

Chiriku demanded, "I don't know what business you have here but I suggest you leave this place at once!"

"Not going to kill without a cause huh? That would be against my religion," Hidan said.

Kakuzu inputted, "This Fire Temple is a famous Shinobi temple located in the Land of Fire. It's said that all of the monks wield a special power called The Gift of the Gods. This man especially; he was once in a group called The Guardian Shinobi Twelve that protected the Daimyo."

Hidan then smirked, "Guardian Shinobi Twelve huh? Impressive."

"That fire waistcloth is proof, so be careful Hidan or you'll die," Kakuzu warned.

"As if anyone can, Kakuzu!" Hidan declared.

Then they both charged at Chiriku and went in for attack…

In Konoha, Ino was in the flower shop, bored out of her mind. It's been a bit slow but she waited until her shift was over.

Then she heard a familiar voice ask, "Want some company?" She looked up and smiled as Shikamaru came through the entryway.

"Sure, I'm almost finished with my shift," Ino replied. Then Ino offered the other stool and Shikamaru sat down next to her.

Ino asked curiously, "So how has your day been?"

Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and answered, "Nothing much, I just played Asuma in shogi and we just talked, though he sometimes talks in riddles."

Then he added, "Actually, Naruto came by asking Asuma about wind nature chakra, to get tips."

"I thought that he was training today; I haven't seen him all morning," Ino replied.

Then she heard her mother come into the shop and say, "I'll take over for you Ino, your shift is over."

"Okay, thanks Mom," Ino replied.

She took her yellow apron off and put it on a hanger and then she asked Shikamaru, "Shika, have you eaten lunch?"

Shikamaru answered as he shook his head, "No, why?"

Ino somehow felt a little nervous but she asked anyway, "Do you want to eat lunch with me?"

Shikamaru looked up at her, smiled, and answered, "Sure."

He got up from the stool and went out of the shop, with Ino following behind him. She looked back at her mother; she smiled at Ino and gave her a wink. Ino blushed and mouthed to her, "It's not a date."

Then they went to a small sushi restaurant Ino wanted to try and then they ate and talked together. They were having a good time with each other as they talked, even if Ino was doing most of the talking. Shikamaru would just listen and speak when he wanted to. Overall, it was fun for them and just as they were leaving Ino quickly paid for both of them and then dragged him away.

Shikamaru said, "Ino, you didn't have to pay for me."

Ino replied, "I invited you so it was my treat, don't worry about it."

Then they were just walking through the village, enjoying each other's company. Sometimes, when Shikamaru wasn't looking Ino would glance at him from the corner of her eyes and would smile. But what she didn't know was that Shikamaru was doing the same thing. Then they ended up in the forest where they heard water rushing.

"I wonder what that is," Ino said out of curiousity.

Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and then followed Ino as she walked towards the sound. Then they see that it was a waterfall with Naruto and his clones in front of it.

They hear him shout, "Here we go!"

Then all at the same time, Naruto and his clones had cut the flow of the waterfall, cutting it completely in half.

Ino and Shikamaru look at the feat in amazement and Ino smiled as she said, "Naruto is really amazing isn't he?"

Shikamaru smirked and replied, "Yeah, he is."

Then they watched as he dispelled his clones and then were worried when he collapsed, comepletely knocked out.

They both rushed out as Kakashi brought Naruto down to rest against a tree.

Then Ino asked worriedly, "Kakashi-sensei, is Naruto okay?"

"He's fine, he's been at this all day and he's already completed these steps to strengthen his wind nature chakra. So we'll just let him rest, otherwise he'll just wear himself out again." Kakashi answered.

Naruto was sleeping soundly and Shikamaru commented, "That's how Naruto is; he doesn't give up no matter what."

Ino nodded her head in agreement as she watched her worn out teammate.

Then Kakashi asked curiously, "Are you two on a date?"

Both Shikamaru and Ino were blushing a bright pink and then Ino denied it while Shikamaru didn't deny nor confirm anything.

Back at the temple…

Everything was in shambles, and many monks lay on the ground dead, including Chiriku.

Hidan was laying on the ground within the same pattern as before with a blade through his chest as he said, "Looks like the Jinchūriki wasn't here after all. When I'm finished praying, we can go."

But then Kakuzu picked up Chiriku's corpse and replied, "No, we have to go now and since the Fire Country is vast, we can take out time."

Hidan was annoyed that he didn't finish his ritual but then he shouted, "Hold up a minute Kakuzu!"

Then they both left the temple but what they didn't realize was there was one monk who saw them leaving.

He murmured under his breath, "I have to let Konoha know."

Then he took off running towards Konoha to warn them of the treat in the Fire Country.

I hope that you liked this chapter and I really hoped that liked my little ShikaIno interactions that I added. Please feel free to leave a review.