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Kakashi after a long-winded debate was finally cleared to walk, and to our Sensei’s displeasure it had to be with crutches,
‘Meaning we can finely train now,
“Alright! My cute little genin, today….. We will be learning…. Tree Walking!”Kakashi clapped his hands as he leaned back with a closed eye smile,
“…..uh…What’s that?” Naruto mumbled and looked up from beside me his voice layered with confusion,
‘do… I….really want to do this?…., I mustered softly to myself for a moment,
”well Naruto…, it’s where you focus chakra to the bottom of your feet… sticking you to the surface” Sakura explained softly,
“Hn., I already know how to do that Sensei” I huffed and crossed my arms, ‘and about 30 other dangerous or illegal jutsus.., but… I figure it is best not to say that though..,
” Ma, full of surprises aren’t you Sasuke?” Kakashi hummed as his head tilted a weirdly calm look in his eye,
I shrugged crossing my arms, yes… yes I am,.. but that’s for me to know and you to never find out Sensei…
“Sasuke” he nodded beckoning me over, “you’ll be doing something different then,” he turned away to look at the other two while I slowly walked over,
“Naruto! Sakura!” Kakashi Spoke after a moment “You both will still be learning this, I want you to make a mark with a Kunai on the tree before you fall, alright?”
Naruto grumbled something while crossing his arms, “Teme gets special training?… unfair…”
I looked away choosing to ignore that comment,
Sakura nodded with a “Yes Sensei!”
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‘Kakashi’s an Asshole.., I Heaved softly with a scowl as I ran, my shoes hitting the dirt and grass quietly,
my head was spinning and I was sweaty everywhere,
‘I’ve been running forever!.. push ups then laps?,.. I should have just stayed silent about tree walking!…,
My feet were slowing down and my breathing was ragged, and without meaning to I had stopped to rest my head against the tree next with a withered sigh,
’just one minute… I’ll rest for one minute- “Oi! Sasuke!…” my thoughts were Interrupted By a muffled but Familiar voice,
with a small breath, I turned to look beside me with a blank but annoyed stare,
”uh…..” Naruto shuffled nervously for a moment, then looked at me, “…Could you help me?,… both you and Sakura have already got it!… and yet…”
Naruto looked down, his hands fidgeting, “…. Help me out Teme?…”
Did I actually hear him right?… No.. This… young Naruto… asking me for help?…. Absolutely the hell not!
“Sure” I nodded and quickly wiped the sweat from my forehead,*
His eyes brightened and he gave a giddy laugh “Heh! Thanks, Teme!.. so how do I do it?..”
what in the world am I doing?.. this isn’t my responsibility… This is Kakashi’s job... I should just head back and rest..,
I huffed softly and pulled out a kunai ”Well first.. Stop looking at me like that” like I’m a good person… a good Friend for helping you with something so… So simple..,
“Secondly, … you have a …. Slightly bigger Chakra reserve than most… so to help this work with tree walking..” I hummed softly and stuck my Kunai at eye level with me on the tree, then stepped back and looked over at Naruto who was looking at me questioningly
“I’ll show you two ways to do this and get to the top,... As actually walking up the tree isn’t the only way to..” I sighed and shook my head and stepped back more
Naruto watched from the side shifting nervously and looking at me confused,
”… think like…., your Chakras a... Balloon.. with the right pressure it floats right?” Naruto nodded softly so I continued, “And with too much pressure it pops, .. what you doing is adding a.. uneven pressure, making your Chakra.. pop? Well you get the point,” I sighed,
maybe I didn’t give the Snake enough credit when teaching me… this is annoying,
Naruto smiled “Oh! I get it!.. it’s like cooking ramen!.. With too much Heat the water boils over!.. so I need to turn my Chakra down!” He laughed and rubbed his head,
“……sure” I muttered and Straightened up then with a few steps I sprinted up the tree, Chakra pooped at the bottom of my feet to keep me up, I stopped and set on one of the branches,
”… are you going to just give up?.. come on!” I hummed softly and looked down at him with a smirk,
”.. Teme.. “ Naruto huffed softly then took uneasy steps up the tree after the seventh step Naruto laughed and sprinted the rest of the way up and pulled himself onto the breach with me “Ha! So what else did ya wanna show me?”
I hummed softly then stood up and with one step I was falling from the tree I smirked as I met Naruto’s wide and Fearful eyes, the wind blew fast across my skin and hair, “Teme!!”
I pulled out two more Kunais and then plunged them into the tree backward, the wood splintered and slowly my fall started to slow,
Soon I was at the bottom of the tree relatively safe, I winced, fuck.. my hands hurt.., I pulled the kunai out of the tree and stuck them back hidden in my clothes, and looked up at Naruto,
without looking away from him a bent down and picked up the third Kunai from earlier and stashed it away with the rest,
”That’s the fast way!!” I called out then took a few steps away from the tree and carefully sat down in the field as I watched Naruto hop down and stumble to lie next to me,
He grumbled and flopped onto his back, his eyes fell on my shoes, “…… That was… Stupid Teme,.. you …”
I glanced over at him with a raised eyebrow, my fingers curled against my wrist, “… what?”
Naruto stayed silent for a moment then scowled, “Stupid!… you shouldn’t be jumping off of things like that!.. … and.. you... you….seemed too… peaceful when falling..” He muttered quietly and looked away,
Hypocrite.. you jump off of things all the time..”I’m fine.. I knew I would be fine…” I Dismissed his words and lay back, the grass and flowers tickled against my skin but I didn’t pay any attention to it as there was something...
I’d rather keep an eye on…
A Twig broke and both of our heads snapped up, With a shy smile a long black-haired boy stood with a basket in hand,
my eyes narrowed as I looked at the soft-looking boy,
…Haku