Twenty minutes of concentrating later Kakamei sat up off the ground and looked around as he saw the forest that was near him had been completely to cinders.

"I did all this damage. Imagine what I could do if I could actually use my Kekkei Genkai freely. I can't wait until I can." Kakamei said as he looked around again as he saw the desolate place he was surrounded by.

"Great, I have ten minutes to myself so I might as well get some training in." Kakamei said aloud as he stretched and got to training.

Ten minutes later Kakamei heard the crunching of leaves as he quickly turned to see Sakura standing there scared of Kakamei throwing a kunai or something. She raised both hands in surrender. Kakamei stood up straight and looked at his teammate as he wiped sweat from his forehead.

"Oh, hey Sakura." Kakamei said as he walked over to his teammate.

"I came to show you to Tazuna's village." Sakura said as Kakamei nodded as he walked toward his teammates. He stopped in front of Sakura.

"Lead the way." Kakamei said as Sakura nodded as she turned and started to walk to the village.

When they were halfway to the village Kakamei asked a question to break the awkward silence that had been created.

"So, how's Kakashi-sensei?" Kakamei asked as Sakura looked grim.

"Kakashi-sensei's alright. You were right. He had exhausted to uch chakra so he's pretty tired. He won't be fully healed in a few weeks. He's still sleep at Tazuna's house." Sakura said as Kakamei nodded.

"That's good." Kakamei said to his teammate. Kakamei looked down on the ground in thought as Sakura noticed.

"Hey, Kakamei, are you alright?" Sakura asked, concerned for her teammates well being. He didn't hear what she had said as he consisted to think.

'What was-" Kakamei was thinking as he finally noticed that Sakura had stopped walking.

"Is there something wrong?" Kakamei asked as Sakura walked next to him.

"You looked worried about something. I was just wondering what you were thinking about." Sakura asked as Kakamei looked at his teammate. Why was she worried about him? Had she not seen how he mad been beaten so easily by Zabuza? Those were questions he asked himself. He wanted to ask her why she wanted to know but he thought it would just create a weird conversation and he really wasn't a big fan of.

"No, I was just thinking about how that ninja that killed Zabuza seemed to have a very freezing aura." Kakamei said as Sakura thought back to meeting the young kid. She thought what Kakamei was saying didn't make any sense.

"I don't remember feeling any coldness from that guy." Sakura said as Kakamei just continued to walk.

"Maybe you were just hallucinating from the pain of getting your ribs broken." Sakura suggested. Kakamei thought for a little while longer before shrugging his shoulders and placing his hands behind his head.

"That doesn't sound right but it's the best I can think of at the moment. There's one other possibility but that's been dead for years now." Kakamei said nonchalantly. He shook his head and looked at his teammate. Sakura looked over and slightly pushed from the embarrassment of something staring at her.

"What?" Sakura asked sheepishly as Kakamei just turned back to looking forward.

"Nothing, I was just trying to read your emotions," Kakamei said. Sakura looked surprised at what Kakamei had just said. It was something no one had ever just came out and said to her. It was something out of the norm for her.

"Really?" Sakura asked. Kakamei acted as if it wasn't a big deal.

"Yeah, it's over now. Let's hurry and get to Tazuna's house. I'm ready to sit down somewhere." Kakamei said as Sakura just looked at him for a brief second before agreeing and walking to the house.

Eventually the two genin picked up a conversation about anything they could think of: ninja stuff, life, and even Sasuke on the occasion that Sakura would bring him up. Surprisingly Kakamei had enjoyed the time spent with Sakura.

Ten minutes later the two ninja finally made it to Tazuna's house to see that the front room had been emptied. Sakura looked for everyone. Kakamei stood behind her as he looked over her, waiting for Naruto's loud voice to boom through the house.

'Should be in three, two, and…' Kakamei thought as his brain was cut off by the loud bustling of his teammate stumbling through the house. Naruto was running to his crush as he was slightly breathing heavily.

"Sakura, Kakashi-sensei has woken up. He's sitting in the room!" Naruto said quite loudly. Kakamei looked at his teammate.

"I'm here too." Kakamei said as Naruto looked behind Sakura.

"Oh, are you finished healing yourself?" Naruto asked. Kakamei nodded and pointed inside the house.

"Show us where Kakashi-sensei is." Kakamei said as Naruto turned and waved his hand.

"Follow me."

Minutes later Kakamei, Naruto, and Sakura walked through the door of the room that Kakashi had been resting in.

Sakura walked to the side of his bed and got down on both knees.

"Listen sensei, your Sharingan is amazing and all, but if it puts that much strain on your body then maybe it's not worth it." Sakura pleaded. In the background Tazuna shrugged.

"You did take out one o the most powerful ninja assassins so we should be safe." Tazuna said. Sakura still looked worried.

"Yeah…" Sakura trailed off.

"What about the boy with the mask?" Sakura asked as sh everyone looked at Kakashi.

"He's a member of the Hidden Mist elite tacking unit," Kakashi explained, "Those masks are only worn by the most elite shinobi. The Anbu Black- Ops, also known as the Inferno Squad, destroy the corpses of the Rogue ninja… leaving nothing behind. The shinobi body contains many secrets: Ninjutsu, chakra, special medicine used on the body, and more. These are the secrets of his village. If enemy ninja were to find his body they would use this information to harm the village. It's the Anbu's job to prevent this." Kakamei listened as he was barely listening.

'Yeah, yeah. We learned this in the academy… I wonder what they're doing in the village right about now? Oh well. I bet Kakashi-sensei can tell me about what could happens ' Kakamei thought to himself. Kakamei started to daydream about what he could be doing right now.

Kakashi had become silent as Kakamei readied himself to ask his question.

'Ha, he looks tired but this is really bothering me.' Kakamei said as he raised his hand.

"Hey, sensei, I have a question." Kakamei said as Kakashi looked surprised.

'Kakamei never has a question. This must be something that's really bugging him.' Kakashi thought to himself.

"Yeah, ask me anything." Kakashi said as Kakamei took in a deep sigh.

"When the Mist ninja showed up did you feel a strong cold come over the battlefield?" Kakamei asked as everyone in the room, , except Sakura, looked surprised. Kakashi looked up at his student confused about what he was talking about.

"No, I didn't feel anything like that." Kakashi said as Kakamei looked down to the ground in thought for a couple of seconds.

"Maybe since you were using your scorch release chakra to heat your body that when your chakra slightly wavered you felt the chills." Kakashi said as Kakamei stopped thinking about it and shrugged.

"If I ever see that man again then I'll find out I guess." Kakamei said aloud as he was thinking about something completely different.

'I don't have the greatest chakra control but, I know it was something other than me not having complete control over my chakra. Whatever, if I'm meant to see him again then I'll see him again.' Kakamei thought. Sakura watched over her sensei.

"Sensei, maybe you should get some rest." Sakura said as Kakashi agreed.

"Yeah, I should get some rest." Kakashi said. He laid down and closed his eyes. Eventually he faded off into sleep. His students watched over him.

"And like that Kakashi's out of it." Kakamei said as he walked out of the room. Eventually everyone left the room to let the jonin sleep.

The tracker ninja was sitting over Zabuza was preparing to dissect the rogue ninja's body as a hand gripped his wrists which seemed to slightly startle him. It was Zabuza's as the tracker looked onto the body.

"That's enough! I can do it from here." the seemingly dead ninja said. The tracker ninja pulled his hand away as he sat back.

"Always so ruthless, Haku!" Zabuza said as he started to pull the senbon out of his body.

"Well, if I had landed one on your body you would have thrown an even larger fit." the ninja, Now identifies as Haku, said.

"Hmmph! And how long are you planning on wearing on that phony mask!" Zabuza ordered. The ninja put his hands to the mask.

"I have very fond memories with this mask. Also, it was useful to tricking that ninja" Haku said as he pulled of the mask. Zabuza tried to stand up briefly before dropping back onto the ground.

"Don't try to stand. You shouldn't be able to move for a week. But you're so stubborn you should be moving in half the time."

"So innocent, yet so clever. Such a rare combination. That's why I keep you around." Zabuza said as the boy chuckled.

"I'm still a kid. What else would you expect?" Haku said as he looked out into the ocean. He stood up.

"The mist's clearing. Next time will you be alright?" Haki asked as Zabuza just sat on the ground looking in disgust.

"Next time I'll see straight through his Sharingan." Zabuza said angrily. Haku stood watching the waves as he turned and looked at his master.

"Zabuza, when you were fighting did you feel a strong heat coming out of nowhere?" Haku asked as he looked at his subordinate.

"No, I didn't feel anything. The only slight heat was an overuse of my chakra. What do you mean?" Zabuza asked as Haku just turned back towards the sea.

"When I arrived I could feel that Daichiki boy giving off some sort of heat. I don't understand what it was but I feel like it could be something deeper than a genjutsu. If I ever get a chance to see him again then I'll figure it out." Haku said as Zabuza scoffed.

"Don't get too excited. I'll break him next time I meet up with that under aged genin group again." Zabuza said as Haku let off a smile.

"Yeah, it sure is a shame I won't get a chance." Haku stated.

Hours later Kakashi was deep in his sleep as everyone was waiting around the house doing things that would be considered normal to a person in the Land of Waves.

Kakamei was sitting outside of the home trying to practice his wind and fire chakra releases. Naruto was walking around the house and looking for something to do to pass the time. Sasuke was just sitting down with his eyes closed and brooding as usual. Sakura was using her time to talk to the woman of the house and get to know her..

Minutes later Kakashi was sitting up and thinking deeply about something. His students had made it into the room and were sitting around him.

'Why do I feel like I'm missing something? Like I'm missing a piece of the bigger picture…' Kakashi thought as he tried to think of the answer that was on the tip of his tongue.

"Kakashi-sensei, you were saying." Kakamei said as he caught Kakashi's attention.

"Oh, yeah, tracker ninja are supposed to take care of the body on sight to make sure of minimal mistakes." Kakashi explained. Sakura and Naruto looked confused as to what was happening as Kakamei looked as if he was wanting to Kakashi to say something that he had been waiting, but he tried his hardest to hide this moment.

"Ok, but is it really that important?" Sakura asked as she raised an eyebrow. Kakashi thought for a quick second before answering.

"Think about it. What did that ninja do to Zabuza's body?" Kakashi asked. The students thought.

"He carried it away I guess." Sakura said as Kakashi seemed to have something clicking in his head.

"Exactly, but why? He should have started working on Zabuza right then and there, as quickly as possible. Also the weapon used for the kill is questionable. Do you remember what they were?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke, who had now looked interested in the conversation answered.

"They were senbon… No way…" Sasuke said as Kakamei was sitting there thinking to himself of something that was probably unusual for him.

'Ohhh, so that tracker ninja was on Zabuza's side… If everything goes the way I think it will Zabuza will try to fight Kakashi again and there wouldn't be any reason for the masked ninja to show up… I can't wait… I can feel it… his freezing presence now.' Kakamei was thinking as Kakashi noticed what his student was doing.

"What are you rambling about? You demolished that assassin!" Tazuna said as the others were silent, waiting for Kakashi to say something.

"Here's the thing… Zabuza is alive." Kakashi said as Naruto jumped up immediately with a surprised expression that all but one of his teammates shared.

"WHAT?!!" Naruto yelled, "But we saw his body, believe it!!" Naruto yelled.

"Kakashi-sensei, you checked him yourself. You said his heart stopped beating!!" Sakura said shakily as she wanted to Kakashi to say something on the lines of: "I'm just kidding. He was killed by the Mist ninja. Haha, I was just kidding." She seemed more worried than anyone else.

"His heart did stop beating but, that was only a temporary state to simulate death. The senbon needles needles that that tracker ninja used have a low kill rate. Unless they hit a vital organ they shouldn't cause the death of anyone. Tracker ninja have to know every detail about the human body and, to keep their enemy alive even when they don't seem like it is nothing for them. He carried away Zabuza away even thought he was heavier than him. Second, he used senbon to have a very precise effect but hardly fatal. From these two factors we can conclude that the Anbu ninja wasn't trying to destroy Zabuza but was trying to save him." Kakashi said which made Tazunza nervous. Nervous enough to try to make an excuse of Kakashi's conclusion.

"Come on, aren't you overthinking this?" Tazuna asked even though he had already known the answer to his question.

"No, at the encounter of suspicion a ninja prepares quickly for hesitation leads to disaster. Every shinobi knows this." Kakashi stated as he looked over to his students which surprised him.

'Kakamei and Naruto seem to be taking the news well, they seem to be happy to hear that. Naruto's happy about getting a second chance and Kakamei's ready to find out what that cold feeling was.' Kakashi thought to himself as he was amused by his student's giddiness about the situation. Sakura was the next to speak.

"Sensei, you said prepare quickly, but how can we do that when you can barely move?" Sakura asked as Kakashi just chuckled.

"I can still train you." Kakashi said as he watched Sakura freak at Kakashi's thought process.

"Hold on a minute! A last minute training session isn't going to make us strong enough to deal with Zabuza. You could barely beat him even with your Sharingan! We have to be reasonable about this." Sakura said. Kakamei started to smile at Sakura's comment.

"You sound like you're scared or something Sakura." Kakamei jokingly said as Sakura turned to look at the Daichiki. He tried to show no emotion but he was barely about to hold down a smile.

"No, but…" Sakura said.

"And why was I able to stop Zabuza in the first place? Hmm? Because you all helped me. You have all grown, and you, Naruto, have grown the most." Kakashi admitted as Naruto laughed softly as Kakamei let out a smile. Naruto saw this in the corner of his eye and looked at his teammate.

"What are you smiling at?" Naruto asked. Kakamei shrugged.

"When we were in the Academy you couldn't do a simple clone jutsu, let alone anything else. Now you can do the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Sensei even said you've grown the most. I want to see how much you've grown." Kakamei said as Naruto clenched his fist.

"I'll show you anytime!" Naruto yelled as Kakamei let off a slight smile as they heard Kakashi clearing his throat.

"So you finally noticed sensei! Now things are only gonna get better! Believe it!!" Naruto yelled. As soon as Naruto let out his outburst there was another that was comparable to his.

"Well, I don't believe it! And nothing is going to be good!" A whiny voice screamed as everyone in the room turned around to see a little boy with dark brown hair peeking out from under a fishing hat with blue and white stripes. He was wearing a green jumpsuit with a yellow shirt underneath with a simple pair of sandals.

He looked at the ninja with hatred as Tazuna looked pleased to see the kid.

"Inari! Where have you been?" Tazuna said as the little boy ran towards him

"Welcome home, grandpa!" The boy, now known as Inari, said happily. Kakamei watched the kid with a slight disgust from the impression that was put on him.

"Inari, that was very rude. These kind of ninjas have brought your grandpa home safely. You should be a lot nicer to them, you know." Tsunami said as she placed her hands on her hips, displeased with the way the boy had addressed the ninja. Tazuna chuckled.

"It's okay. I'm rude to them too." Tzauna admitted. Inari turned to look at Team 7 then to Tsunami.

"Kaa-san, don't you see? These people are going to die! Gatou and his men will find them and wipe them out!" Inari yelled. Naruto seemed like he was the most angry about this as he jumped up and pointed at the kid.

"What did you say brat?! Listen up, do you know what a super ninja is? Well, that's me only a hundred times better! I'm gonna be Hokage one day! This Gatou or Blatou guy or whatever is no match to a real hero like me!" Naruto yelled at the kid as the kid simply shrugged off Naruto's comment.

"There's no such thing as a hero. You're just full of stupid ideas." Inari said as it really pissed Naruto. He was prepared to jump at the kid but he was stopped as he heard a voice coming from behind him.

"Kid, there's no reason to argue. You're not going to win. I don't like judging people before I get to know them. But we're busy at the moment so scurry off and go play in the dirt. You're getting on my nerves." Kakamei said which surprised everyone. It really caught Inari off guard as he was seemingly surprised.

He had never had anyone tell him off like that. He turned and walked out of the room, silently. Team 7 seemed to go quiet as they looked at Kakamei. Before they were in a team they barely heard him talk, let alone tell someone off. They looked at the boy as he seemed to have a straight face. He looked at his teammates.

"Is it something I said?" Kakamei asked. Before anyone could answer they were cut off.

"Sorry about that. Inari can be… difficult to deal with at times." Tazuna said.

"I understand. We will start with our training in a couple of hours. Until then you're dismissed." Kakashi ordered as the genin dispersed.

Team 7 were standing in the woods. Kakashi was standing in front of the Genin on crutches.

"Alright, training starts now." Kakashi said as they waited for Kakashi to begin their training.

"First, we'll begin with the review of chakra, ninja's basic source of power. Understanding is essential." Kakashi said.

"We already understand chakra." Sasuke said. Naruto nodded as he looked as if this was too simple for him.

"That's right, we learned about catra a long time ago." Naruto said as Kakashi new that this was going to be a long day.

"Chakra, Naruto. Sakura please explain." Kakashi said as Sakura prepared herself. And with that she explained chakra. Naruto listened to the explanation but seemed like he knew more about chakra before Sakura started explaining things.

"What's the big deal with all these complicated explanations? The whole point is to know how to do the jutsu isn't it?" Naruto asked as Kakashi sighed.

"These complicated explanations are so you can understand how your powers work. You don't have a full grasp on your power, you've barely scratched the surface." Kakashi explained as Naruto sat back. Kakamei listened to the conversation and thought to himself.

'If I've barely come to the surface of my power maybe this can help me get a better grasp on Scorch Release. I can only use Quick Healing and it's nothing crazy. I need to learn as much as I can about my chakra.' Kakamei thought as he listened in to the directions Kakashi was about to give.

"By drawing on physical and spiritual energies, and then to combine them within yourself. How can you do that? Each jutsu requires different types of chakra in different proportions. You must select them and combine them. Up until now, you have simply guessed the amount of chakra required and hoped that it comes out right. Even if you produce a lot of chakra, if you don't know how to balance it, then it's worthless, the jutsu won't work at all. You waste so much energy that you'll drain yourself before you know it, which means that you won't be able to fight at all. A target is what you'll become." Kakashi explained.

"How do we change this?" Naruto asked.

"By training so hard that your chakra becomes second nature to you. To achieve this goal, you must be ready to put your life on the line… and you'll start by climbing a tree." Kakashi said which caught his students off guard.

"What?! Come on sensei! Let's get serious!" Naruto yelled as Kakashi just stayed his same neutral self.

"I am serious. There's one rule… no hands whatsoever." Kakashi said which completely stunned the entire group. Who should be able to walk up a tree with no hands? Kakashi-sensei had to be joking.

"You're kidding right." Sakura said as Kakashi just said, "Am I? Let's see?" as a rebuttal. The next thing that Kakashi did surprised the genin watching.

Slowly Kakashi walked towards the tree and started to walk up the tree. Everyone, even Sasuke, looked surprised at the fact of Kakashi was walking up a tree.

"What you have to do is focus the chakra towards the soles in your feet and use it to connect to the tree." Kakashi said. Sakura looked confused.

"Wait a minute! That's a nice trick and all, but how does that helps us to fight Zabuza?" Sakura asked.

"It's the only way to fight him, Sakura. That's the entire point of the this training," Kakashi explained, "First, you'll learn how to draw a precise amount of chakra to a specific point of your body. This kind of climbing requires a subtle mix of physical and spiritual energy, not to mention that your feet are the most difficult part of your body to gather chakra. Are you getting the picture? If you can master this you'll be able to master any jutsu, well, theoretically at least. The second point is to maintain your chakra levels. When a ninja is focused on battle, it is even harder for him to control and maintain his chakra levels. That can be disastrous and in order to avoid this, a ninja must learn to maintain his chakra levels to the point of become second nature. Now, I can talk about this all day but that wouldn't improve your skills. You need to apply the power of chakra through training."

After saying all of that Kakashi threw down four kunai in front of each of the genin.

"Use those kunai to mark the highest point you can reach without using your hands. Then, try to pass it and so on. At first you'll need towards the tree so your momentum can take you as high as possible, until you get used to it. If that's all, are you ready?" Kakashi asked as his students picked up their kunai and readied themselves. Naruto had a big smile on his face as he readied himself.

"I'm ready! This is gonna be a piece of cake! Believe it! Don't you remember Kakashi-sensei?! You said I'm the one that's grown the most!" Naruto boasted. Kakashi lowered his eyes in annoyance.

"You're definitely the one that talks the most. Now get moving!" Kakashi said as the students started to run up the tree.

As Kakamei was running he tried to concentrate chakra into his feet. When Kakamei was running up the tree was only about 5 or 6 steps up the tree as he was pushed off the tree as the tree bark under his foot crumbled. He fell down but before he could land on the ground he spun into a backflip and landed on his feet. As he looked over to see Naruto with his head into the ground and Sasuke falling down from the tree.

'This is going to take some time." Kakamei thought to himself.