"Oh . . . OH! I see," said the waitress. "Unfortunately, I haven't seen him in almost a week. And the last time I did, I saw him with one of his students walking toward the Hokage monument with some camping gear."
"I see, I suppose I shall have to wait until he comes back. Thank you for your time," said Naruto, walking out. Sure, Naruto probably could have done a dozen different things to get the same information, and maybe damaging his reputation a little with the gossip that was sure to spread like wildfire as a result of that was a bit vindictive but it sure did make Naruto feel better.
A few more alley shortcuts and new appearances and Naruto made his way toward the monument and the mountainous area behind them. The area was a popular camp ground with the civilians of the village but sometimes shinobi would go up there to train just for the rocky terrain, apparently old hatreds toward Iwagakure ran deep.
Naruto had to ask at a few civilian camp sights before he got his first solid.
"Che, can you believe those shinobi nuts?" howled a man who'd clearly had a bit too much to drink.
"Oh, come on, dad, it was awesome. They were climbing a rock face with an arm tied behind their back," protested his son.
"What do you think they are doing up there?" asked Naruto, this time under the guise of another civilian out hiking and just being friendly.
"Bah, hell if I know," replied the father.
"I bet they are training for the Chuunin Exam Finals. I've been begging dad to take me but he says it's a waste of time and money, especially since his shop gets a bunch of extra business during the exam."
"And it's true," the father protested. "Anyway, I don't know what they are up to. The boy forced me to hike closer but we couldn't find a path up to their campsite. We did hear what sounding like birds chirping, lots of birds."
"Can you point me which way? I'd prefer to make sure I don't go that direction," said Naruto, adjusting the fake hiking pack.
"That plateau over there seems to be their spot," the father answered pointing to the west of their currently location.
"Thanks a lot. Anyway, I should get going, it's a long hike back into the village," said Naruto, standing a stretching a bit. He'd been talking to the pair for a while now. Once Naruto was back into the forest he'd heard the pair talking again.
"Do you think he was one of the competitors come to spy on Kakashi-san?"
"Nah, just a civilian hiking. No genin is going to have a henge that can fool me," replied the kid.
Naruto just shook his head in bemusement, apparently he'd just fooled two of Kakashi's guards. Or were they there to guard Sasuke. Either way it was very amusing.
The trip around that campsite took a bit of time, especially since he was trying to keep hidden from view. Eventually he reached the rock face leading up to the plateau, there were signs that someone had been climbing it recently. He looked around a bit for a stealthier way up but there wasn't one to be seen. As such, Naruto activated his [Toton Jutsu] then scaled the wall, following the path that either Kakashi or Sasuke had used.
Up top, he found Sasuke and Kakashi just finishing up lunch. "Ready to try again?" asked Kakashi.
"Hn."
"Use your words," ordered Kakashi, the tone in his voice making it seem like the man had already said it a thousand times.
"Yes, sensei."
Kakashi just rolled his eyes. "Okay, there is the wall, let's see if you can pierce deeper than yesterday, eh?"
Naruto looked at the wall Kakashi was talking about. There were a few hand sized holes scattered on it, some of them seemed go quite deep but the majority of them looked like they barely broke the surface. Then he looked back at Sasuke, he wanted to see what kind of progress he'd made.
Name: Uchiha Sasuke
Title: Genin (+10 increase to experience gain)
Level: LV30 Next Level: 98.14%
Affiliation: Konoha
HP: 950/950
CP: 2620/2620
STR: 55
VIT: 95
DEX: 277
INT: 262
WIS: 187
LUK: 1
DEF: 75
SPD: 208
Status: Double Tomoe Sharingan (+7 DEX & +8 INT & +5 WIS per Level), Avenger (+25% to all stats when attacking Uchiha Itachi), Firebug (-15% cost to katon jutsu, +10% damage to katon jutsu)
Uchiha Sasuke is the last loyal surviving member of the infamous Uchiha clan. Well known for their doujutsu the Sharingan which has allowed them to excel as shinobi in the field. His past is clouded by the pain and misery of losing his family so much that vengeance is all that remains to him.
Sasuke blurred through few seals before wrapping his left hand around his right wrist and pumping chakra through it into his open hand. It was slow at first but there was a spark of electricity dancing across the palm followed by another then two, it continued to grow until his hand was sparking like mad, emitting a sound like birds chirping. Sasuke then blitzed at the wall, finally driving his hand into it, piercing just past his wrist.
"That's much improved, Sasuke. But you're still not fast enough and it's still takes way too long for you to form the Chidori and even when you did, you got impatient and charged ahead before it was fully formed. Now, let's try it one more time then we can work on your taijutsu again."
"What's the point? The dobe doesn't stand a chance as it is."
"This isn't about your fight with Naruto. This is about preparing for Gaara and that's assuming you even make it past Naruto. And let me say this one more time, just to make absolutely certain you understand me. The Chidori, is not under any circumstance to be used again Naruto or anyone else from Konoha, it is an assassination technique. Am I clear?"
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