Lazyfox: Omg I'm a high school graduate~! I can't believe I've survived High school I'm free baby freeeeeeee~! *twirls around the studio crying happy tears of joy*
Random and Magic: *crying tears of despair* Wahhhh~! She's leaving us!
Sasuke: I refuse to let her leave me! Banzai! *screams as he jumps in tie Foxy up, but get stops by a shower of senbon needles appearing from the shadows of freshly made mist* WHAT THE HELL?! Where this Mist come from?!
?: Sorry, but Zabuza-san has asked me to keep an eye on the young demon-mistress and prevent harm to be fall her
Lazyfox: Awwww Zabuza-Chan does care about me~ Thanks Haku your free to do as you will with the emo-bastard ^w^ Oh before you go could you say the disclaimer for me?
Haku: Of course young mistress. LazyFoxLover does not own Naruto or any of the characters. My job here is complete and now I must return to Zabuza-san's side. Farewell *Disappears into the mist with a bloody Sasuke*
Lazyfox: What a nice guy he is~ Okay guys you know the drill happy readings to all and please leave reviews even if it's to critique my work. I welcome any and all advice given to me ^w^
~Gato's Hideout~
Haku walked down the long dark hallway that would lead to Zabuza's room. When he reached the door that lead into the recovering assassin's room he knocked waiting for permission to enter. Hearing the gruff response the young man pushed open the door before walking over to Zabuza's side.
"Glad to see your awake Zabuza-san. I brought you some more herbs to help with your recovery" Haku tells him setting the basket of freshly picked herbs on the bedside table.
"I don't need plants Haku! I need to get out of this bed and find Kakashi and those damn brats!" Zabuza raged aggravated by his lack of mobility.
"Be patient Zabuza-san you be back on your feet before you know it" Haku says trying to reassure his master before they were interrupted by Gato and two of his goons barraging in unannounced.
"Oh have the mighty have fallen. Zabuza I thought you said you were going to bring that bridge builders head along with those meddlesome ninjas?" Gato mocked as he approached the bed ridden assassin. "The Mist ninja really do produce pathetic and weak ninjas now a days."
Zabuza stayed quiet not acknowledging Gato's taunts while Haku sat by his side glaring at the three intruders unnerving all three of them.
Gato coughed as he regrouped and put his cocky smirk back up. "What not going to say anything to defend you disgraceful performance. Say Zabuza, tell me what's to stop me from having you killed now and finding someone else that can handle this job in a more efficient manner than you?"
Haku who stayed loyally by Zabuza's side had to bite his tongue to stop himself from killing the man that had the gall to threatened to have his master killed. Zabuza stayed impassively quiet while Gato approached him and reached out to pull down his bandaged mask.
"Don't ignore me! I'm your boss so an…AHHHHH!" Gato screamed out in agony as Haku grabbed his arm and applied pressure snapping the arm in two. "Why you bas…"
"Don't you dare touch Zabuza-san with your filthy hands you mongrel." Haku threatened reinforcing his grip on the broken arm making Gato crumble to his knees in agony.
Gato's two henchmen started to draw their swords to attack Haku, but within a blink of an eye Haku was in between the two ninja holding the two swords at their necks.
"You don't want to do that when I'm pissed off. It'll be the last mistake you ever make" Haku said darkly glaring at the henchmen scaring them off.
Gato and his henchmen quickly got up and headed for the exit, but before leaving Gato gave the two Mist ninja a final warning. "You have one more chance to do your jobs right or you're dead! If you fail you better not show your faces here again!"
When Gato had left the room Zabuza looked to Haku completely unfazed by Gato's threats. "You didn't have to do that Haku. I could have just killed the vermin myself."
"I know, but then you would have ruined your plans. It's not time to kill Gato yet, but when our mission is done you can kill him. We don't need to cause a scene for ourselves when you need to recover" Haku tells him while giving his master his cunning and innocent smile.
"What a clever child you are, but you are right it's not the right time. Haku leave me now while I rest, while you're gone go locate those leaf ninja fools and see what you can learn about that girl" Zabuza ordered missing the pleased reaction his young pupil had.
"As you wish Zabuza-san" Haku replied fading out of the room.
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"Nii-chan are your sure okay enough to be training us?" Naruko asked watching as Kakashi limped on his crutches.
"Naruko you don't have to worry I'm not going to be doing much except showing you all how to control your chakra" Kakashi tells them.
"Control our Chakra? We can already do that by using our Jutsus" Sasuke said.
"It's true you all can use advance Jutsus, but you're all using too much Chakra to get them to function. Naruko your chakra reserves are high, but you don't know how to control it well even when you use your medical ninjutsu" Kakashi explained making Naruko flushed in embarrassment.
"Grandma always said that to be a professional Medical ninja I needed to learn how to control my chakra better, but because I had so much she always had trouble teaching me the proper amount of chakra to use, so she made me learn the high level techniques because I had better control with those over the low level ones" Naruko explained.
"Is that why you could use the mystical hand ninjutsu so well?" Sasuke asked remembering when she used the healing technique on his grandfather and mother.
"Yep. I can use really high level chakra Jutsus, but I can't use low level ones except for the basic medical ninjutsu techniques I was teaching Hinata last night because even though their basic they still consume a lot of chakra" Naruko explained.
"Very true, but I have a technique I can teach you three that will help you three get a better grasp on it. This technique will call for you to focus on your chakra and force you learn how to channel it appropriately so you can master the task at hand" Kakashi advised.
"What technique are you going to teach us Kakashi-sensei?" Hinata asked.
Kakashi smiled at his team. "Tree climbing!"
"Huh?" wondered the students of the Sharingan warrior as they looked at him.
"Sensei how does tree climbing help us control our chakra?" Hinata asked.
"I'm glad you asked that Hinata, but rather than explaining it I think I'll show you all how it's done" Kakashi stated before he formed a simple hand sign that forced chakra to the bottom of his feet before he approached a tree.
The three Genin stood a far watching Kakashi before looking at him in wonder as he began to walk up the tree vertically until he reached the first tree branch hanging upside down to look at his team.
"You see my young students by learning to climb a tree with gathering Chakra in your feet is a step in the right direction to controlling your Chakra. When you learn to displace your Chakra in your feet you will be able to bring forth the proper amount to activate a jutsu without overexerting yourselves. Now using this technique only takes a little bit of Chakra, but you have to be exact while doing this because if you don't you will not complete the task" Kakashi explained examining the faces of his students before he took out three kunais and tossed it at their feet. "Now enough of me talking I believe you three learn best with experience so let's see what you guys got."
"All right!" Naruko cheered picking up her Kunai with Sasuke and Hinata picking up theirs before they each closed their eyes focusing their Chakra to their feet like Kakashi.
When the Genin believed they had the right amount they each charged at their designated tree each climbing up the tree. As the three moved up the tree they found their progress halted at different levels.
Sasuke made it half way up the tree before losing control forcing too much Chakra into his feet causing a crater to form in his tree. Marking the height he reached Sasuke flipped back to the ground panting a bit. "I can't believe it would be this difficult."
Hinata was able to climb high up the tree before she lost her control and lost her footing. With a stumble Hinata marked her place before she landed sloppily on the ground. "This is so much harder than I thought it would be."
Naruko managed to get a quarter of a length from the tree branch before she faltered and was forced to drop back to the ground after marking her place on the tree. "Dang it! I almost made it!"
Kakashi nodded at his students' progress from his spot in his tree. Surveying his team's placement he noticed Naruko made it the farthest up the tree with Sasuke and Hinata being in the middle. "Not a bad first try for you all, so far Naruko looks to have the best control, but Sasuke and Hinata are not far behind. From your progress can you determine where you both faltered?"
"I used too much Chakra which caused the wood to splinter under me" Sasuke admitted standing back up to survey his performance as well as his teammates.
"I...I lost my Chakra which made me lose my footing" Hinata said shyly.
"Good. You both realized were you made the mistake which is a good thing because it means you both can go on from that and in a way you helped each other learn. Continue with your practice I like to see who can reach the branch first" Kakashi tells his team smiling at them.
Sasuke and Hinata both nodded before going back to practicing while Naruko was off to the side focusing her Chakra into her hands bringing out a spiral of wind but the blast became unstable and tossed her back into a tree.
"Naruko what in the world are you doing?" Kakashi asked coming over to check on her as she set up rubbing her head.
"I was thinking the tree climbing technique could help me control the Fūton: Shinkūha better. I mean when I use that jutsu it's basically a raging whirlwind that cuts my arms up and injuries my teammates which isn't very productive in battle. So I thought if I could get the wind to stay focus in one area like my arms or legs I can double its power and protect my team at the same time" Naruko explained wearing a giant grin.
"That isn't a bad idea Naruko, but I think you need to first master the tree climbing technique before you go practicing it with your other Jutsus. Look you cut your arm open again" Kakashi scolded lightly pointing out that her arm was bleeding.
"I just wanted to see if it was possible and it is! I got the wind to spin around my arm before I lost control of it! Naruko cheered ignoring her injury as she got back to her feet. "I wonder how I can make more stable..." she pondered before yelping as Kakashi grabbed her bleeding arm.
"Naruko your arm is bleeding. I know you are decent with your medical ninjutsu, but that doesn't mean you ignore you injuries understand" Kakashi said seriously wanting to make sure she understand he wasn't messing around.
"Yes, sir" Naruko mumbled sitting down to patch up her arm while Kakashi moved his gaze over to watch Sasuke and Hinata as they each made decent progress even if it was an inch higher than their last mark.
When Naruko was finished patching herself up she got up and went back to practice climbing up the tree feeling excited about the idea of mastering this technique even more. "If I get this technique down then I can go about practicing my idea! Oh man I'm so pumped up I can't wait!" Naruko thought cheerfully as she charged up the tree.
In the back of the woods away from the clearing Team Seven was practicing in Inari watched them all train hard and even noticed Naruko's happy and excited expression before he turned away. "It's all so pointless! Those guys are just wasting their time and throwing their lives away!" he thought angrily as he raced away from them. "There is no such thing as a Hero!"
Lazyfox: Okay guys sorry for the shortness, but at least it's an update hahaha... I was having trouble thinking up ideas for this chapter, but I have a plan for the next chapter and hopefully it'll be a faster update :3
Magic: *Still crying in the emo corner* I don't want you to leave me Nee-Chan!
Lazyfox: It'll be okay. Now uses these emotions and cause drama and mass mayhem as long as the mayhem doesn't destroy my studio cuz if you do I'll destroy you :)
Kushina: *Poofs in* what happened to Minato! *holds up a shaken and crying Minato*
Minato: My eyes have seen things no man should have seen *stares off blankly into space*
Lazyfox: What did you show him! *whispers angrily to Random*
Random: *Grins evilly* Oh the usual a lot of SasuNaru :3
Lazyfox: Oh lord were going to die *throws up a force filed around herself and her studio*
Magic: *goes into angry bear mode* I'LL DESTROY YOU!
Random: AHHHHHHH I DON'T WANT TO DIE! *runs away with Magic chasing after her*
Kushina: Tear her limb from bloody LIMB! *cradles Minato's scarred form*
Lazyfox: Well, that's all for now folks I hope to see you all next time and I hope your all having a fantastic summer :3 Until next time….
Everyone: JAA-NEE!