As we arrived at Tazuna house, where we met his daughter, Tsunami who show when we could treat Kakashi-sensei.

She lean down a futon for us to lay Kakashi-sensei in. I treated Naruto and Sasuke's minor injures before their left for me and Tsunami to treat Kakashi-sensei.

Once we finish, Tsunami left to make me a drink for me while I had pull the cover over Kakashi-sensei and sit on my knees next to him, waiting for him to wake up.

I notice sensei eyebrows twitch slight before he slowly open his eye and blink a few time before looking around until he saw me. I smile at him. "Welcome back, sensei." I greeted him.

Kakashi-sensei looked at me before giving me a close eye smile. "Thanks."

"Sensei, you over use your sharingan which has exhausted your body completely. You won't be able to move for week." I scolded him with a worried expression. Kakashi-sensei give me an apologize look.

Then Tsunami came back in with a tray of snack and ice tea for me.

As she notice Kakashi-sensei awake. "Are you okay, sensei." She asked, setting the tray next to me and handle me my glass of ice tea which I give her a quiet thanks.

"No, I was told that I won't be able to move much for a week." Kakashi-sensei said before he groan in pain as he sit up causing me to quickly move over to him and put my hand on his chest and back for support.

"Then you shouldn't move around for a while, then." Tsunami told him as I nodded in agreement, worried about him.

"Okay..." Kakashi-sensei agreed as he saw my worried face and let me help him lay down again.

Suddenly Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke came in along with Tazuna and saw Kakashi-sensei was awake. "Sensei's awake!" Naruto said cheerfully causing me to sweat drop at how obvious it was.

"Sharingan is amazing, but it puts a lot of strain on the body. I'm sure if it good or bad." Sakura said sitting on did other side of Kakashi-sensei and looking at Sasuke hopeful but look disappointed when he sit next to me and look jealous of me.

"Your lucky we didn't met anymore enemies on the way here." I added as well.

"I'm sorry." Kakashi-sensei apologized to us.

"But you defeated such a strong ninja. We should be okay for a while." Tazuna said relieved.

"By the way, who was that boy with the mask?" Sakura asked curiously.

"He had the mask of a pursuing ninja from a special squad from the hidden village of the Mist's ANBU..." Kakashi-sensei answer her.

"A special?" Sakura asked confused.

"From what I remember reading that they are also known as the fire extinguishing unit, and their job is to erase any evidence that a ninja was alive. A ninja's body will give away the secret of ninja techniques and chakra of the village it was in... Any specific medicine that was used on a body, along with tortious other things. For example, if Kakashi-sensei die, the secret to the Sharingan will be examined... And in the worse cause scenario, there's a possibility that my technique, including the Sharingan, will be stolen. In other words, pursuing ninja will kill exiled ninja who have abandoned the village, dispose of the ninja's body... And stop any secret of the village from being revealed. They are specialists in the field." I explain to them which as their stared at me, well except for Sakura whom scoff and Kakashi-sensei who look proud at me.

I held my chin in deep though, think about what I had just said. It's true that a pursuing ninja are supposed to eliminate the body right on the spot so why didn't he do that? Unless...! My eyes wide in reality and gasp causing everyone to look at me.

"Sensei! Zabuza is still alive!" I exclaimed, shocking everyone.

"What do you mean Nikki?" Naruto asked curiously.

"It's like I said earlier Naruto, a pursuing ninja are supposed to eliminate the corpse on the spot. And that mask boy didn't do it but took Zabuza's body instead so I think that the pursuing ninja was actually a faker and was really working with Zabuza." I told them.

Kakashi-sensei nodded. "That's true. All he needed to do was bring back the head as proof. Also, the weapon that the boy used to kill Zabuza is questionable?" Kakashi-sensei asked us while holding his chin.

"It was just a long needle." Sasuke answer before his eyes wide. "Could it be that...?"

"Yeah, it's just what you're thinking." Kakashi-sensei said to Sasuke.

"What are you guys talking about?" Tazuna asked nervously.

"Zabuza is still alive, just like Nikki had said." Kakashi-sensei told him.

"But you confirmed that he died, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said as she tried to reason with him.

"Sakura, Kakashi-sensei did confirm it however it is possible to put someone into a near-death stage with the use of senbon needles and hits the right pressure point." I said to her causing her to scoff and turn her head while held her nose high up.

"That correct. The weapon that the pursuing ninja used a low fatality rate unless if a critical spot. It's mostly used in acupuncture healings and such. Pursuing ninja know the structure of the human body was heavier than him. Second, he used a weapon that has a fatality rate. From these two points, the goal of that boy was not to kill Zabuza, but to help him just like what Nikki thought." Kakashi-sensei explain to us.

"Maybe you're thinking to much." Tazuna denied.

I shake my head. "No Tazuna, I'm afraid we're not." I said before taking a sip of my ice tea and I notice Naruto was shaking with a big grinned on his face. It seem like Naruto is happy to get another chance against Zabuza. I thought to myself, giggling.

"I'll say we have at less a week until Zabuza fully recover." I said to them while having a finger on my chin.

Kakashi-sensei nodded in agreement. "I will prepare you until then." He said.

"Sensei, how are you going to prepare for this before it's too late?" Sakura question him confused. "You can't move for a while..."

Kakashi-sensei chuckle at her before saying. "I'm going to make all of you go through some training." He surprising her.

"Wait, even if we train, it's not going to be very helpful. Since the enemy is a ninja that you, Kakashi the Sharingan user, had a difficult time with." Sakura said in disagreement.

"Sakura, who saved me when I had a difficult time." Kakashi-sensei asked her before he continue when she didn't answer. "You four are growing at a rapid rate."

I rise an eyebrow at him in question. Sakura didn't do anything so how did she grow? I wonder to myself but stay quiet.

"Especially you, Naruto. You've grown the most." Kakashi-sensei said proudly to him with a close eye smile as I smile at him and nodded in agreement when Naruto grin at me, showing his teeth's. Now that I can agree in.

"You know your stuff, Kakashi-sensei. Now things are getting interesting!" I sweat drop at Naruto's bragging.

"No, it's not." I turn to the door and saw a little boy behind us.

"Who are you?!" Naruto asked while pointing at the boy.

"Inari! Where were you?." Tazuna called out happily as he held out his hands to the boy, Inari. "I'm home, grandpa." Inari greeted him as he run into Tazuna's arms for a hug.

"Inari say hello to them. These are the ninjas that escorted grandpa." Tsunami told him as he look at us but when he saw me, his eyes widened and his cheek turn red causing him to look away from me shyly while I look at him confuse.

"It's okay. Right, Inari?" Tazuna said as Inari shake his head a little before he glance at did others while avoid looking at me.

"Mom, they're going to die. There's no way a person can win by going against Gatoh." Inari told his mother while making Naruto angry.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU BRAT?" Naruto yelled furiously. "Naruto calm down." I said gently, try to calm him down but he ignored me.

"Listen up. I'm a super hero that's going to become a great ninja known as Hokage. I don't know who this Gatoh or chocolate is, but he's now an enemy of me." I look at him deadpanned. How do you get chocolate out of Gatoh. I thought.

"A hero? How stupid. There's no such thing as a hero." Inari said to Naruto.

"Wha... What did you say?" Naruto said standing up and was about to fight Inari but me and Sakura quickly grab a hold of him. "Stop it!" Sakura told him. "Clam down Naruto, he's just kid!" I said after Sakura as we struggle with our hold on him.

"If you don't want to die, you should just go home." Inari said to us before leaving.

"Where are you going, Inari?" Tazuna asked his grandson, worried.

"I'll go watch the ocean." He replied to his grandfather, over his shoulder before leaving completely.

"I'm sorry." Tazuna apologized to us but Naruto was suddenly out of our grip and quickly follow Inari. I wonder if something happen to Inari to cause him to be like this.
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We when outside and into the forest with Kakashi-sensei, who was using crutches that he had borrow, to be able yo move around. "We will now begin training." Kakashi-sensei told us.

"ROGER!" Naruto shout out causing me to jump slightly.

"But before that, let me once again talk about chakra, the base for the ability as a ninja." Kakashi-sensei said but Naruto and Sasuke didn't like that at all.

"At a time like this?" Sasuke said bored as he wrap his arm around my waist causing me to squeal quietly as he pull me to his chest. I look up to his eyes as he slyly smirk me causing me to blush and shyly look away causing him to chuckle.

I suddenly felt Sasuke's breath against my ear. "Why so shy, Nikki." He whispered.

"I'm not being shy, Sasuke. I just don't want Sakura to kill me." I said denying as I still look away.

"Hmm... Is that so." He said and gently grab my chin, slowly turning my head towards him and lean in so our noses was touching each other causing me to blush more. "Because your face say other wise." He added leaning closer.

"Sasuke." I whispered as our lips brush against each other while my eyes slowly close.

"What's with that? You can just learn that your body even if you don't understand the hard stuff." Naruto complain, startled us completely while jumping away from each other while blushing.

"Exactly what Naruto said, we're able to use jutsu anyway." Sasuke agreed with a small blush on his cheeks but no one seem to notice it except for me.

"No, you guys aren't able to use your chakra completely except for Nikki since she able to perform medical ninjutsu which require chakra control." Kakashi- sensei said while giving me a close eye smile as Sasuke smirk at me causing me to blush once again.

"WHAT?!" Naruto shout out.

"Just listen up. Like Sakura said, molding the chakra means...extract energies from both the body and the spirit, then mixing them up in your body. And the amount of each energy will differ from the type of technique you wish to execute. In other words, the mixing will be different. You are not able to use your chakra effectively. Even if you are able to mold a large amount of chakra... If you cannot control the balance, your technique will only be half as effective not executed at all. Wasting energy will create a weakness of not being able to fight for along time." Kakashi-sensei lecture us as we listen carefully to him.

"Then what should we do, sensei?" I asked him curiously.

"You're going to learn how to control it with your body. You must go through rigorous training where you put. Your life on the line." Kakashi-sensei told us.

"So what are we going to do?" Sakura asked.

"Climb a tree." Kakashi-sensei answer her.

"Climb a tree?!" We all repeated, surprised.

"That's right. But it's not ordinary tree climbing. You're going to climb without using. Your hands." Kakashi-sensei said to us.

"How do we do. That?" Sakura. Asked. In disbelief.

"Just watch." Kakashi-sensei said and made a hands seal before walking over to the tree and start climbing it without hands and not only that, he walk on it like a normal person, surprising all of us.

"He's climbing..." Naruto started in shock.

"...vertically with just his legs." Sakura finish in disbelief.

"This is how. Gather your chakra at the bottom of your feet and make it attach to the trunk. Something like this is possible if you use chakra." Kakashi-sensei explain to us.

"Wait, how can we become stronger by doing that?" Sakura asked/demanded.

"Sakura if you haven't figure it out yet, the purpose of this training is to accumulate the right amount of molded chakra in the right location. This is what well-trained ninja has difficult with." I said as she scowling at me.

"That is just as Nikki said. The amount of chakra used for this tree climbing exercise is quite subtle. And the most difficult place to concentrate chakra is said to be behind the feet. In other words, if you are able to master this, you maintain that molded chakra. Most of the time, ninja mold their chakra during battle. In that situation, it is even more difficult to maintain that chakra well, it's not like anything is going to happen even if I give this lecture. I need all of you to learn it with your bodies." Kakashi-sensei told us and throw four kunai at our feet.

"Use that knife to mark where you are able to climb up to with your current ability. Then, try to make a new mark above that mark. You guys aren't good enough to climb by walking, so run to give yourself a boost, and get used to it. Got it." Kakashi-sensei explain to us as we grab the kunais.

"This training is too easy for me. Since I'm the guy, who is growing the most right now." Naruto bragged causing me to sweat drop before sigh with a small smile. Oh Naruto, bragging will get you no way.

"Okay, be quiet. Try and climb up any of the trees." Kakashi-sensei said bored.

We all form a hand seal and and forces our chakra to our feet.
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GO!" Naruto shout as I watch did other run towards their trees.

Naruto had too little and only was able to take two steps before falling down, hitting his head in the process causing me to wince as Naruto roll side to side, whimpered in pain while holding his head.

I turn to Sasuke who was still going higher up then Naruto but I could sense that he had too much which cause the trunk of the tree to cracked under his foot. Sasuke quickly cut across the tree trunk, marking the spot before doing a back flip and safely landing on the ground.

"This is easier than I thought." I turn to see Sakura sitting on a branch high up on the tree with a deadpan expression when Sasuke just glare at her.

I look at my tree and took a deep breath before running toward my tree knowing that I have the right amount of chakra in my feet as I end up running up the tree trunk. I continue to run up until I stop at the very top of the tree. I smile at the beautiful view of the forest.

"Hey, where did Nikki go?" I heard Naruto said which surprise me since I was so high up.

"HEY GUYS! I'M UP HERE!" I shout down to them causing them to look up and their eyes widened in surprised and shock.

Kakashi-sensei was the first one to snap out of shock. "Oh? It looks like the once best control is. The girls." He said to us.

"Wow Sakura! That's something I excepted from the girl I have high hopes for and it was expected from my best from friend as well." Naruto said excited.

"Don't worry Naruto and Sasuke, you'll get it!" I called out to them, trying to encouraging them as Naruto smile happily at me while Sasuke sent me a smirk causing me to blush.

"Both of your knowledge of chakra was splendid, but your control and stamina are good as well. Maybe Sakura or Nikki and not someone else, is the closet one to becoming a Hokage tight noe. The Uchiha clan isn't as great as I thought, either." Kakashi-sensei said to the boys, mockingly

"Shut up Sensei!" Sakura said while pointing at him before a pout expression appeared on her face.

"Sensei, you didn't have to say it like that." I told Kakashi-sensei with a frown on my face, not very happy with the way sensei was trying to motivate them.

"ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO CATCH UP TO SASUKE FIRST. I'M GOING TO DO THIS!" Naruto shout, all fire up.

Suddenly I heard a cracked and the tee branch I stood on break causing me to scream as I fall down. I close my eyes, waiting to hit the ground but instead I felt two strong arms catching me causing me to snap my eyes open, only to see Sasuke holding me bridal style as he landed on the ground gently.

"You're okay, Nikki." Sasuke asked me gently while putting me down on my own feet. I blush at how close we were to each other as he kept his arms around my waist.

"Hey, how were you able to reach the top on your first try, Nikki." Naruto asked walking over to us causing Sasuke to let go of my waist.

"Oh! That because I did something similar to it when I practice my medical-ninjutsu." I replied to him as Kakashi-sensei came over as well.

"Well then since you already master chakra control, Nikki. You can just watch did others continue their training." Kakashi-sensei said to me while patted my head before walking as I nodded and walk over to a tree before sitting down under it and continue to watch them train.

Through time pass I watch Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura train until now as their all panting for air from exhaustion since their train so hard. This causing me to worry for them but I suddenly saw Naruto walk over to Sakura and I could tell that he was asking her for some tips.

I smile at this, seeing Naruto asking for help just proves how much he has grown.

Naruto, you growth so much since we were little. It's makes me happy knowing you on the right path in becoming Hokage. I thought to myself before I look up to the sky. I think it makes me more determined to make my dream come true. I turn to Sasuke who was looking at me causing me to smile at him which he return with a small one.

"Huh?" I saw something falling toward me until it landed in front of me and it was a small flower. I pick it up the flower before looking around until I saw Sasuke holding the same flower as me.

I blush when I notice he was looking at me with a smirk before lifting it up to his lips and kiss it then blow it to me. It fly all the way to me and it gently touch my lips before falling down to my lap while my whole face to turn red with steam bust out.

I think I'm going to dead young from embarrassment if Sasuke continue this. I thought to myself.