Trees and Training

I walked into the room Kakashi was resting in. The silver-haired man had been out for a day and a half or so. A great idea came to mind, I could suddenly feel Inner's presence creep in my mind.

'Do it, You already know what he looks like but this is a great opportunity' Inner's voice aiding the previous impulsive thoughts.

I quickly darted my hand to Kakashi's face, my fingers tugging down his mask. The mask was down to his nose when a large hand wrapped around my wrist like a handcuff.

"Maa Sakura-Chan you could've just asked" Kakashi's raspy voice broke the silence in the room. Kakashi pulled up his mask with narrowed eyes. I smiled innocently at Kakashi and blinked my wide puppy eyes at him.

"I know what you look like sensei"

Blink

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Blink

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Blink

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"What' The man was flabbergasted, I guess he wasn't expecting that one.

"Yep, I just wonder what would happen if I used a henge....." The evil grin spread on my face, I could hear thumps outside the door.

"HEY KAKASHI-SENSEI YOU BETTER BE UP NOW" Naruto screamed as he ripped the door open, I winced at the loud voice. Naruto '

Kakashi's shoulders relaxed, he narrowed his eyes at me before giving Naruto the crinkle eye smile.

"HEY KAKASHI-SENSEI'S UP NOW" Naruto yelled once again, I slapped the back of his head.

"Yeah I can see that Naru-Baka" I rolled my eyes with a grin, Sasuke's sneer greeted me sourly.

"Wipe that sneer off your face lord emo duck-ass" with great speed I slapped the ravenette on the back of the head.

"What the hell?" He snarled at me, not unlike an angry street cat.

"Maa, Sakura-Chan, that's not very nice, We wouldn't want an injured teammate now would we?" Kakashi was the one to disarm the bomb like tension that was about to explode.

The silver-haired man was sitting upright, his hand over his visible eye, it seemed he was thinking. The spiky blonde-haired boy next to me asked if Kakashi was doing and it triggered the whole 'Zabuza is not dead' explanation.

'Damn it we were so close, you shoulda been faster!' Inner grumped in my head.

'Why are you not Madara anymore?' I asked as I had just noticed it and it gave me an idea.

'You may be able to change how I look, but I can also do that, I want you to make up something creative for me this time. My own look.' Inner wanted to be her own person.

Its hard to describe but It was like I was inside of my own mind, I moulded Inner right in front of myself and her, making small and big adjustments until she was satisfied.

'So how do you like your new appearance?' I asked with a raised eyebrow, I was pretty impressed with my work.

Inner now had bright lime green hair with cherry pink eyes. There was black racoon eyeliner almost like Gaara's that made her hair and eye colour pop. She gave me a thumbs up at her new form and poofed into some civilian clothes that made her entire form cooler.

"Kura"

"Sakura" I blinked rapidly as I snapped out of it, Naruto was once again shaking my shoulders.

"Yeah, Yeah I heard what you guys were saying, I was just imagining Zabuza in a fluffy pink tutu" An evil grin spread across my face, I met Kakashi's gaze, the gleam in my eye promising something evil.

The bridge builder who must have entered sometime earlier started laughing nervously.

"Zabuza is still alive, you can't joke around like that!" Naruto seemed nervous as well, I merely sighed before nodding.

"I may have been day dreaming but I was still listening" I pursed my lips slightly as if in thought before shooting up to my feet and heading to the doorway.

"Sensei, you should teach us something useful for the next battle, ne?" I turned to glance at the man before walking down to the kitchen.

The small boy Inari came rushing past me and into the room. I could hear loud voices as I sat down at the table where I could read the scrolls I took from the dead bodies.

'Basics of Water Jutsu' It seemed promising, It was a Chunin scroll with a bunch of simple D-rank to C-rank Jutsu.

I skimmed through the scroll looking through what would be the most useful to use.

Hidden mist, Hiding in water, Water clone, Water bullet, Wild water wave.....

'What do you think will be the most useful Inner?' I asked with a sigh.

'Hidden mist and Hiding in water for now, If you could hide in Zabuza's mist you could probably figure out how to dismantle it so the others can see' I nodded my head in agreement and tucked the scroll in my kunai pouch. The yelling had stopped and the timing was great as everyone was coming down the stairs. Kakashi had a pair of crutches which had me giggling. When the man in question raised an eyebrow my laughter only got worse.

"Handicapped old man" I managed, Naruto had a long fox-like grin on his face as he burst out in laughter.

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"All right, Training starts now. Will will begin with a review of Chakra" Kakashi explains with a single finger raised. He talks about Chakra being the essential for all ninja but is interrupted as Sasuke makes a retort about everyone knowing it.

"Yeah a long time ago we learned about.... Ahh..? Catra?" Naruto's squinty eyes made me giggle, he was such a goof.

"Oh? Well then why don't you explain Sakura?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow, He is doubting my memory?

'HAH, we have a photographic memory! Let's drown 'em in knowledge!" Inner yelled enthusiastically.

I cleared my throat and stood next to Kakashi, a smug look on my face and an evil glint in my eye.

"Chakra is created when two other forms of energy, known collectively as one's "stamina", are moulded together. Physical energy is collected from each and every one of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience. These two energies becoming more powerful will in turn make the created chakra more powerful." I took a large breath of air before continuing as if knowing this much was normal. Kakashi looked like he regretted asking me, However a look of surprise still lingered. "Therefore, practising a technique repeatedly will build up experience, increasing one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra to be created. As a result, the ninja is able to do that same technique with more power. This same cycle applies for physical energy, except the ninja needs to increase their endurance instead. Some unique individuals have substantial potential that enable them to exponentially increase their chakra reserves in a relatively short amount of time." I stopped talking to gasp for air, I had Iron lungs (as that one tiktok said), I could hold my breath for a long time. Kakashi was very much regretting asking me to explain now.

"At any given time, a ninja will have a "maximum" amount of chakra that they can form and use before it runs out and they need to rest to replenish it. With practice this maximum can be increased, but to a certain extent as they are limited to the quantity and strength of chakra that their genetics grants them." I once again greedily took a breath, coughing a bit after, I tapped on my head with an Anya-like grin on my face.

"Photographic memory" I simply stated.

'HAH, They did not see that coming!' Inner cheered, a small fist pumped up in the air.

Kakashi shook his head and turned to Naruto and Sasuke.

"That.... Sakura just explained everything in such great detail, I believe we have a lot of information on chakra now..." The silver-haired man sighed.

"I can tell you about Chakra signatures and how Chakra was created as well!" I chirped with an innocent smile.

Kakashi waved his hands frantically before showing us how to walk on the tree and supplying us with barely any information on how to do it.

I deadpanned before running up the tree until I was at the top, I already knew how to tree walk.

"It's too easy" I G̶r̶i̶d̶d̶i̶e̶d̶ ran down the tree with a sweet smile on my face, I turned to Sasuke pulling down my eyelid and sticking my tongue out at him.

"How does it feel to be beaten by a civvy girl" I spoke trying to aggravate him, It worked.

The ravenette was pissed off as he tried non-stop to get to the top.

"Hey Sakura, teach me!" Naruto pleaded, his big puppy dog eyes making me squeal.

"AGH, Why are you so cute Naru-Channnn" I sang as I squeezed his sweet little cheeks. He had a big blush covering his face.

"Sakura-Chan!" He waved his arms in the air, I sighed and let go of his red cheeks.

"First you have to feel your chakra. It should feel warm somewhere in your stomach. Once you have the feel of it, Follow it down to the middle of your feet. Place one foot on the tree like this" I said as I put my foot on the tree, I kept walking up the tree as I looked down at him.

"When your foot touches the tree it should feel kind of sticky, Your feet should feel warm only in that one spot. If that point is not cold enough, if it's hot it's too much. You just have to control your chakra output" I shrugged nonchalantly, Naruto was doing much better than before. He was getting five feet higher, He would just lose concentration.

"Welp, Imma go learn something else, Ja ne!" I waved to the two boys before heading over to a more secluded spot.

I pulled out the scroll from my kunai pouch and placed it on a large flat stone.

'Users fill the air with mist and control its thickness with their chakra'

Since the air is so humid in water country.... I could lace a bit of chakra in the pre-existing water and just bunch up a high concentration of it. I already have a water affinity so it should be easy as pie.

I imagined my chakra as a giant net, capturing the water in the air. I used the chakra net to gather it around me. I expanded the radius of the net by a meter, slowly stretching how much area the Jutsu would affect.

The only problem was that I couldn't see in the mist, Zabuza couldn't see either, he had to listen to their movements and feel their Chakra.

'Inner your smart as hell, Please tell me the percent chance that we could incorporate hiding in water to the hidden mist Jutsu?' I tapped my foot awaiting an answer from her.

'There is a 71.02% chance'

'Damn, are we a genius or what?'

I breathed out and read the scroll once again, I have been training for 4 hours and I was starting to feel hunger creep in. 'One more try, All I have to do is fuse my chakra with the puddle...?' I gathered some of the mist around my hand until there was enough to form a small puddle. I focused my chakra into the center of my palm and expelled the chakra like a beam of light. The chakra probed around inside of the water with my chakra and fused them together. It was tough at first but the more I did this the more my body got used to fusing the water and chakra.

Finally I was able to fit my hand inside, I stretched the puddle like a mirror and slowly walked into it. It was odd, cramped almost. I felt like I was in the water but I could breathe, and I was dry.

'The chakra in this puddle is the one that is doing all the work now' Inner states.

I use the mist technique to expel the puddle back into mist. It was like Haku's ice mirrors! I was able to zoom around inside the mist, I could see everything around me! It was like I was running around on the ground but I was in the mist. This is the true 'hiding in the mist'.

Kishimoto, the god of this world, thank you for the ability to stack Jutsu!!

'Outer you're running out of chakra you need to stop the Jutsu.' Inner's voice snapped me out of my glee, I hopped out of the puddle and fell face straight onto the ground with a 'oomfph'. The mist faded away and I made my way back to Tazuna's house with a spring in my step.

I was very low on chakra, Proud of myself and thinking of something new.

'Inner I wasted so much chakra.... Let's make a seal, I want to be able to suck up the remaining chakra after the Jutsu is expelled.'

'Good lord, We are sucked dry, bare minimum to live outer! Go eat and sleep. We are going to meditate till we can't meditate our ass off tomorrow!' Inner vowed.

I couldn't help the Anya–like grin that spread across my face like wildfire.

'That we will'