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"So how are you feeling?" Jiraiya asked her
"I am fine as I do not really felt strange at all" Sakura replied looking herself over as she wanted to make sure everything was back to what she consider normal again.
"What exactly do you recall happening from the moment the sun set to just recently when it rose again?" the Sanin inquired.
Stretching out her arms and fingers as she just looked at them finding it amazing that just moment ago she was statue of solid stone. Unmoving, unthinking, and inanimate stone. She explained that she had no idea what was going on around her over the course of the night for her. It was like time itself had come to screeching halt or as if someone took a remote directed it at her and press the pause button. Everything was frozen in place and it was rather jarring for her to be where she was now her mind still trying to process it.
Taking in all that Jiraiya heard from her. He applied it to something else he once heard about before during his lifetime but wanted to wait until they got to Tsunade to confirm if it was just that. After all from what Naruto said before she full on turned to stone, she would freeze up, act stiff, or be slow to react. These were also signs that he decided to pay close attention to and reported back to Third Hokage. To have him be aware of others that might display this certain traits for who know how many other this might have been done to.
Although Orochimaru targeted Team Seven there was no telling why exactly he do something like this to Sakura without a good reason. She was basically the most normal of the group with her only outstanding trait that cause her to stand out being her charka control that better then most chunin and her knowledge outpacing them as well.
"I am going out changing into those clothes over there and when Naruto wake up tell him to meet me here, you come as well" Jiraiya informed her before leaving.
Walking over Sakura noticed it was single piece swimsuit along with a long jacket that went down the near the knee and that there were some trunks nearby probably for Naruto as well. Along with various towels inside a bag with note reading 'bring these to' and instruction on how to get to where Jiraiya wanted them to go.
Not one to question the word of Sanin as this was probably for something important as Naruto did have a match in a month and well since she was here with them. Even if it was merely to have Tsunade to help her why turn down the chance to be trained personally by a Sanin.
That however did not take long as she quickly changed and was now just standing there overlooking Naruto as he slept. She need to await when he woke up before they could get any training but as she stood there looking at him. Various thing came to mind about how her view of him had been changed since she really got a chance to know him better. Though it was not just Naruto alone but Sasuke as well since she was able to see far more of them both now that they were a team then back when they were just students.
Seeing the remote she decided that she would just watch some TV until Naruto woke up as she had a lot on her mind already and thinking any further about this might not be the best idea at the moment.
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Awaking from his sleep, Naruto noticed that he was not in the chair that he remember being in yet was in one of the bedrooms located behind the living room area of the room they were staying in.
"Sakura-chan" Naruto said out loud worried about how she was and was she okay since he must have dose off while watching her.
"Yes" the pink hair girl replied as her head poke up from the foot of the bed where she was sitting watching TV.
"How long have you been sitting here and I am sorry I dose off as you trusted me to watch over you at night but I fell asleep half way through" he told her disappointedly.
"Naruto" Sakura told him as she her eyes narrowed a bit as she looked at him with serious expression on her face.
"I will not let you down next time as I will…." he tried to say but Sakura cut him off by placing one of her finger on his mouth.
"Look here Naruto, I know you want to make sure I am alright at night since I can not defend myself. Thanks to what Orochimaru did that cause me to turn to stone. However the truth is you can not look after me all the time as if you did that then when would you sleep. You can not stay up all day and night all the time" she told him
Naruto tried to say something but once again Sakura prevent him from even getting a word out she as continued on with what she had to tell him.
"While we are on this mission you and Jiraiya-sama will just have to take turns as you need to get your rest and can not be watching me all night when you need to sleep yourself" she told him.
"Though what about you as you have not slept in three days either?" her teammate asked.
"Yeah I know but the strange thing is I do not feel sleepy at all and can not really seem to even go to sleep when I tried early. I guess that maybe turning to stone is acting like sleep for me" Sakura sighed.
"Is that even okay?" Naruto asked curiously but also worried at the same time.
"We can ask Jiraiya-sama about later" Sakura said to him as she stood up so it was not just her head poking over the bed allowing Naruto to see that she was not wearing her normal outfit but something different.
"Sakura-chan what are you wearing as it looks like your about to go swimming or something?" Naruto asked.
"Nope I am not about to do anything like that. Now that your awake we are about to go to the place where Jiraiya-sama told me to come after you woke up. Some trunks for you are over there and I get the bag that has everything else" Sakura informed him
"Okay so what with the outfit?" the blond genin asked still confused a little.
Sakura let out a deep sighed as she rubbed the area of her nose between her eyes.
"Think about Naruto whatever the Frog Sanin is going to teach us. It probably has something to do with water. Thus wearing swimsuits would keep our clothes from getting wet. Strange thing is that this swimsuit fit me almost perfectly" Sakura told him.
"Ero-Sanin gave you that?" Naruto asked as he did not like the sound of this.
"Baka" the pink hair girl yelled shaking with anger.
"Jiraiya-sama is one the Three Sanin show some respect as you might be close to the Hokage after knowing him for all those years but you just met Jiraiya-sama" she told him.
"Okay Sakura-chan but he going to have to earn my respect as it something that given not handed out for free" Naruto said in respond.
"Now that you are up lets go I would let to know what this training will be" Sakura told him.
"Sorry about that lets go" Naruto said before asking how they were even going to find Jiraiya without any direction to where he was.
"Where are you going as I have the direction right here" Sakura yelled chasing after Naruto locking their room door as she left to go after him.
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The two genins managed to find Jiraiya down by a riverbed where he seemingly just appeared before them. In flash and seemingly wanting them to go a little further up river then in the directions.
"So what kind of training are we doing to do. Some really powerful justu, a special technique, maybe summoning like with those frogs?" Naruto asked curiously.
Though Sakura seemed composed and calm on the inside Inner Sakura was thinking same exact things as the possibility were nearly endless for them as this was Sanin someone consider one step down from Hokage's level and some people's eyes on par with last two at least.
"What am I going to be teaching you first is this" Jiraiya told them as he just walked out towards the river though rather then walking into the water he was standing on top of it.
Shock the two Team Seven members watching him as they knew tree walking as possible because Kakashi show it to them but they did not think it could apply to something that was not solid like water. He then went about explaining the principle behind how to use their chakra to walk on water and they both understood the principle behind it (Sakura more then Naruto).
However the result…..
"Wwwwhhhhoooaaa!" Sakura yelled as she tried walk on the water as if it were like she was walking on ground or tree but fell in the river disappearing for awhile before swimming back up to the surface.
Naruto was not fair much better as he could hold it for a few second before he sank like a rock as well.
"Guys I have to go take care of some private business I be right back" Sakura said as she was about to try again for the seventh time but stopped before taking one step onto the water.
"Huh what could be so private that you need to go alone. This is not Konoha, maybe I should come with you" her teammate said
"NO!" Sakura yelled blushing slightly out embarrassment and angry over Naruto trying to follow after her.
"Naruto, what is wrong I did not mean to yell like that but this is not something any guy should see. I…I…I will be right back, okay" she said ran off noticing how startled look on her blond teammate's face.
"Hey kid she had to go to the bathroom and was to embarrassed to outright say that but why did you look so startled a second ago?" the Sanin asked.
"When Sakura yelled just before she left I could have swore I saw her eyes flash red for just a second and that brought up some memories that I was not ready to have brought to the front of my mind again" he sighed.
'I wonder if he is talking about the time he release some of Kyubi's chakra after thinking Sasuke was dead. Neither one of them took Sasuke seem to die very good as Naruto went berserk and Sakura broken down crying' the Hold of the Frog Contract thought thinking back to the what Kakashi had told him while they still in Konoha.
"If that all that bothering you then just explain it to her when she gets back then" he told him as Naruto nodded in respond.
With that matter clear up for now, Naruto went back to trying to stand on water without falling in. This time Jiraiya notice the seal on his stomach appearing which lucky it did so while Sakura was away otherwise they would have to lie about what it was to her.
Yet as he look at the seal he noticed that there was something wrong with it as overtop Naruto's even numbered seal was the Five Elements Seal. Jiraiya then caught the blond genin before he fell into the water.
"Hold still Naruto" Jiraiya told him as the look on his face at this very moment was the most serious one he had seen since yet even more then when he was telling him about how going it alone with rescuing Sakura would be falling right into Danzo's hand.
Jiraiya ram his open palm into his stomach as he used the Five Element Unseal on him and because he was holding him, Naruto did not go flying off.
Jiraiya then felt a huge wave of malicious intent it was not killer intent yet this person was clearly pissed at him.
He turned to see Sakura standing there with angry expression on her face and just like Naruto told him early her eyes flashed red for second.
"What did you do to Naruto" she demand as she appeared calm on the outside but Inner Sakura was fuming mad at the moment and was clearly showing it. Neither understand why they were so upset over what happened to Naruto fully but then again neither of them cared really. Knowing what happened to Naruto was their primary concern.
"It was Orochimaru that did something, I merely undid it. Remember he did something to Naruto just like he did to you and Sasuke" the Sanin said as this girl at the moment was almost giving off the same feeling of angry Tusnade.
"Huh what the hell was that for Ero-Sanin" Naruto yelled as he was awake again and Jiriaya then dropped him from his grasp leaving him to fall on the water yet unlike before he did not fall into the water but was standing on top of it.
"Naruto you are standing on water but how" Sakura asked as her anger faded as she now amazed he was able to do it now when before she left he was have as much a problem as she was with it.
She then looked to Jiraiya then Naruto (who jump up and down at how he was able to stand on water now) and then curiously back at Sanin again who just nodded.
Sakura being the smartest member of her group managed to put two and two together as before Naruto was having trouble standing on water and now he could do it without any problem. Thus what Orochimaru must have done to him was something that was screw up with his chakra and thus his ability to control it.
Before she think about this anymore Naruto dragged her out onto the stream where she sank into it while Naruto remained standing on top.
"Jiraiya-sama I think there something wrong with my chakra as that maybe why I can not do this" Sakura asked him after Naruto apologized for what he had done and said he would get them something to eat upon arrive back their motel room.
"Really I was starting to think that myself as if Naruto could do it without evening trying once I undid the Five Element Seal then you who have exceptionally high chakra control period according to your file should have been able to as well" he said wondering what it would be messing with her chakra.
"I guess this all the more reason I need to see Tusnade-sama, huh" Sakura asked to which Jiraiya just nodded in agreement.