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Training is finally under way and team seven learns the true definition of training from hell. Seal based weights and chakra restrictions take them to levels they have never before imagined. How strong will they become? What�s with these crystals all of a sudden? Read and see.

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The False Apocalypse

The Shinobi Saga

Chapter 17

Path to the Bridge, the Training from Hell

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

It was nearing noon when Sakura woke up still with tears in her eyes. Never in her life had she ever seen such horror. She knew Sasuke's family had been slaughtered but never in her darkest dreams had she ever imagined having to watch it happen over and over for days. It was sickening. Then there was Naruto, his life had been a series of messes one after the other. The strange and unlikely friendship Naruto and Sasuke had developed was rather amazing in her mind. Together they have worked together to protect each other, to achieve their goals. It was no wonder they hated her… no they didn't hate her. They pitied her. Sasuke was even in love with her and he shunned her love because of her own actions and the way she treated his best friend.

The key thing on her mind, through her dreams and beyond was forgiveness. Sakura knew that for them to be a team she has to gain their respect, and to do that she had to gain their forgiveness. She wiped the tears from her eyes as she got out of bed making every attempt to form the correct words.

`That's it forget the right words. I have to do this and do it NOW…Oh Godhow will they ever forgive me... What no advice from the peanut gallery?...' Her thoughts were cut short as she reached for the doorknob only to realize it was being opened from the other side. It was Sasuke with an exhausted and humiliated look on his face.

“Sakura.” Sasuke seemed almost board and annoyed with having to wake her up. The mental strain had defiantly done a number on him and he certainly wasn't in the mood to talk to the girl.

“Y-yes Sasuke?”

“Breakfast is ready, you overslept. We all did.” His face was blank as if he were detached from the world. But in reality it was simply the sheer exhaustion from the mind link.

“Are you ok Sasuke you don't look so good?” She could see the exhaustion and anxiety in his face. It was quite troubling. The link had truly taken its toll on all of them.

“Oh…that. Were all suffering some backlash from that stupid link. You're lucky Nazomishi put some mental blocks on you to help you cope. He figured Naruto and me could take it sense we've been through the worst of it before. Let's go.” Sasuke motioned for her to fallow him as he turned to leave.

“Ano…Sasuke?”

“What is it…” He was slightly annoyed by her especially after experiencing so many times of his own fan girls talking about Naruto behind his back, and reliving so many fan girl attacks.

“I…I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I've been a bitch… Especially to Naruto.” She hung her head low, saddened as she made the last statement. This revelation brought a small but noticeable smirk to Sasuke's face before turning to leave.

“I suggest you tell Naruto and soon. He's pissed. See ya at breakfast.” Sasuke finished with a sadistic grin.

`p..pp…pi pi pi ..Pissed…oh why me…” Inner Sakura didn't like the sound of that. Especially after seeing what Naruto did to Zabuza…not fun…

Breakfast went over very quietly with a large number of cold stairs directed at Sakura. Every one of them sent shivers down her spine. In reality there was one thing that she couldn't quite rap her mind around. The whole Jinchuuriki `thing' was a complete mystery to her. After all the visions, Naruto was clearly human. Yet the Zabuza incident was a different matter. If he wasn't the dreaded Kyuubi No Yoko, then how did he get that horrible power? And if he was then why hasn't he killed her already? Why hasn't he set out to finish what he started? How could he be so…human?

“Sakura…” The blondF's cold and annoyed voice sent shivers down her spine, drawing her out of her thoughts.

“Y-yes N-Naruto?”

“Do you have any questions…you know…about me… and it?” That was not the question she wanted to hear. She was hoping she could ask him later…you know…after she had gathered her thoughts. This was defiantly making her feel uncomfortable.

“Naruto…” She trailed off and spent several moments looking into oblivion trying with ever bit of her being to word things so he would know she meant it. “Naruto…I'm so sorry I never would have guessed you had it that bad. I…I saw the conversation between you, Sasuke, the Hokage and Nazomishi. I'm just so confused; it's so much to take in. Could you…?”

“Ok, just ask me when you're ready.” Naruto turned to Nazomishi who was sitting on a wall cross-legged in deep meditation. He was hoping Nazomishi would use his mind reading on her to know if she really meant it. After seeing the events from Sakura's life, his view of her had been greatly diminished. He could only hope that her experience had truly changed her opinion of him for the better. He knew that was Nazomishi's purpose but for now, his opinion of here remained far lower than it had ever been.

Aoshi was doing the same as Nazomishi although why they were sitting on the walls nobody had a clue. Tazuna clearly didn't like it but decided not to say anything as long as nothing got broken. It simply odd, who in their right mind would sit on a wall. Why not simply lean against the wall or set next to the wall. Was there some point in sitting sideways on a vertical object using chakra to attach yourself to it? Tazuna certainly couldn't see it nor could very many others, save the insane.

Breakfast was eaten mostly in silence if a little strangely when near the end Sakura had finally thought of something to ask.

“Ano, Naruto?”

“Finally have something?” Naruto grumbled obviously depressed from the entire experience. Sakura's life was … highly influenced by the opinions of others with little or no brains what so ever. Granted it was plain that she went along with a great many things as opposed to starting them herself. Still she had become in many ways just like the disturbing people who hurt him so many times for so many years. The reliving of so many horrible events certainly didn't help matters.

“How in control are you. Of the Kyuubi I mean.” Nazomishi's eyes shot open and he began to answer the question intended for Naruto. His tone was somewhat annoyed by the question and was clearly an attempt to prevent Naruto from saying something rash or getting the wrong idea.

“He is in complete control, what you saw with Zabuza was his own anger getting the best of him and the Yokai seeping out through the medium of anger. That is what the sword is designed for. It purifies the Yokai and seals it so that next time he draws on purified Yokai, thus reducing the Kyuubi's minor influence when in an angered state. I am currently working on a seal that would permit Naruto to draw upon the purified chakra at will.” Naruto's face had grown colder having first heard the question but lightened up as he listened to Nazomishi's explanation. Naruto was grateful for that. Had he answered it himself he knew things would have gone overboard.

“Yea My dad made the seal and there's no way that thing's getting out Dattebayo!” Naruto's demeanor had changed a bit for the better after Nazomishi's statement about the purification. He seemed much more like his normal self. Sakura on the other hand was simply shocked by the fact that Naruto basically had the entire power of the Kyuubi in the palm of his hand.

“Wait, doesn't that mean that Naruto would be stronger than the Kyuubi eventually.”

“That's Right! I will be the greatest Hokage ever!” Naruto boasted with a powerful grin.

“Not quite Naruto.” Nazomishi said bluntly.

“Huh?...”

“You see Naruto only has Half of the Kyuubi's chakra.” At this point everyone in the room's eyes shot wide open in astonishment and confusion, all wondering where the other half was if what Nazomishi said was true. Even Naruto didn't know this part.

“Uh what do you mean only half, where's…” Nazomishi quickly interrupted already knowing the question in its entirety.

“The Yondaime Sealed the Kyuubi's Yang (light) Chakra into Naruto, and the Yin (Dark) Chakra into a heavily fortified scroll so the Dark chakra couldn't reach out and destroy Naruto's body. There is simply that much of it. Jiraiya guards the scroll where I will not say. We have talked quite a bit on the matter and believe that the Yondaime intended for them to be combined once your body can handle that much energy. That is of course assuming your body will ever be capable of such a thing. The swords have been designed to assist in that manner, to build your chakra capacities through the purified chakra. Although a more accurate term would be purified Yokai, so I guess it would be closer to spiritual energy. Regardless, the point is your chakra reserves will be dramatically increased. With the proper training and those levels you could be practically invincible.

“…”The room was quiet as they looked upon Naruto like he were some kind of walking miracle. Even Naruto was shocked at that statement as it soon turned to excitement. Nazomishi saw this and decided to bring a little dose of reality to Naruto's world.

“But remember this Naruto. Simply having god like chakra levels does not make one powerful. True it does is permit you to battle longer and use more costly jutsu. It cannot make you any faster than a shunshin would permit nor would it make you any stronger than your body can handle. In truth it is simply another form of stamina such is the nature of chakra. Attempting to do anything significantly more than your body can handle can and will kill you. The Kyuubi's intense levels of Yokai were never truly the thing that made it feared. It was its size and durability, its skin so thick that few skills if any could ever hope to get though; things you could never hope to replicate. All the Yokai ever did was make it outlast everything that ever attempted to fight it. Even if you obtained every drop of its energy you would still be just as mortal as any of us, still vulnerable to a sword or well placed attack. Never forget this, don't become complacent in your power.” Naruto gulped at the thought. The mental image of the senbon going though Zabuza's neck immediately came to mind. Even if it was on purpose someone as powerful as Zabuza was knocked out in an instant with such a simple skill. It made him wonder if there was any way the Kyuubi could have been taken down aside from sealing it.

Rei walked in the room having just listened to the conversation but decided to stay out of it.

“Oy guys you ready to train or what?” Her cheery presence turned the serious tone on it's head in an instant. This sudden change of thought broke the momentary silence and completely rearranged the mindset.

“Train? Yea!” Naruto leaped up from his seat ready to run outside when Nazomishi grabbed his head and pushed him back into his seat. Well at least he was excited about it.

“Hold your horses. Let's divide up first. Sakura you go with Rei and work on the Kage Bushin. You know what to do when she gets that done.” Team thirteen had spend a great deal of time the previous night discussing how they would each train their students for the next few days and came up with a harsh training regimen.

“Sasuke, you're with me.” Aoshi said hopping off the wall and immediately moving out the door.

“And Naruto you're with me. Now once you have Kage Bushin out I want the original you to wear these.” Nazomishi formed some seals, summoning a large chest of clothing. “These are your new training weights. They are powered by seals so I can adjust the weight you have in them every time you're ready for new ones. Their basic weight is twenty pounds for each arm, forty for each leg, Fifty for the belt, and seventy for the robe.” Nazomishi patted his hand on the chest before opening the top. “There are arm weights, leg weights, belt weights, and weighted robes.”

“But, but that's over two hundred pounds!” Sakura was flabbergasted. Nazomishi said it as if it were nothing. Two hundred pounds who the hell could be serious about something like that? Maybe they could carry that much a year from now but they were still new genin. They hadn't done any training to warrant that kind of strength. His answer would soon leave the girl even more dumbfounded.

“So…Gai wears three thousand. Besides it's not that much more than your body weight.” Their eyes started twitching at the thought of the green spandex man whose incessant ways caused them so much torture after graduation.

“While the clones work on form, jutsu, and meditation, the originals will be training in physical strength and speed.”

“First things first, have any of you done any weight training before?” It was a valid question. If any of them had then he could up their weights to move things along more quicly.

“Sarutobi had us do some; right now Sasuke and me have three hundred.” It was a pride filled moment for Sasuke. Here they were about to `start' weight training and they were already a hundred pounds ahead.

“Good then you two will start out at five hundred.” Sakura gulped, glad she hadn't done any before. Two hundred pounds was frightening.

“Well let's get this over with…” Sasuke said rolling his eyes praying this wouldn't be as bad as the thousand laps around Konoha. It was a miracle he was able to pick weeds the next day.

“Oh yes I almost forgot. You originals cannot use chakra to lighten your load.” `There, nothing like a little deception to get the ball a rolling.'

“WHAT!!” They all screamed wondering if this man was sane. Who the hell could start out with that much weight without compensating with chakra. Muscles weren't that strong!

“They are also layered with a second seal which will restrict your chakra usage until I remove it. So basically unless you spend double the chakra to do anything your dead in the water anyway. Using it will simply wear you out sooner.”

“YOU ARE A DAMN SADIST!” The trio screamed with their eyes practically popping out of their heads.

“Sorry, I just know it works.” Nazomishi raised his arms in a nonchalant defense before turning and walking out the door for the others to fallow. About a block away from the training grounds Naruto noticed Nazomishi acting a little strange. The Jinchuuriki was about to ask him was wrong but was waved off before he could say anything.

“If you will excuse me for a moment I have something to take care of.” Nazomishi used a shunshin to get out of the vicinity so Naruto would and the others would not hear his covert conversation.

“Yes Master Windu?” Nazomishi spoke into the air. An image of the bald Master appeared on his scouter and his voice could be heard through the device.

“Nazomishi? Where's you're holo-image, I can only hear your voice.”

“Sorry about that, this scouter of mine is experimental and there are a few bugs I haven't quite worked out yet. I can see you just fine though. Is there a problem?” Nazomishi asked, it wasn't often that the Zate contacted each other while in this dimension. They were having to hide their true selves for the moment after all.

“Thankfully not. If anything there's good news. The experiments on the crystals have shown some progress. At this rate we should have an understanding of them within a month or two.”

“Crystals?” Nazomishi had not heard of any crystals for some time now and was unsure of what Windu was talking about. It could also be attributed to his devotion to chakra training over the past few years though it was a bit abnormal for him to forget about something like this. Windu had to wonder if something was up.

“You don't remember? The crystals that seem to show up whenever we enter a new world. We've been studying them since we entered wolverine's world. How could you forget about those?” It wasn't like Nazomishi to forget things. For a man who devoted much of his life to learning as many skills as possible it was certainly out of character.

“….oh yes those. Sorry I've been dealing with a lot of matters recently. Right now I'm trying to prepare Naruto and his group for the coming battle.”

“Ah yes the Jinchuuriki and the Uchiha I have meditated a great deal about them. I sense they would have been strong in the force had they been born in my world. Their wills are strong and events seem to culminate around them. Even here in Suna I can sense their hand in this world's destiny. It is unnatural to sense destiny so strongly from a single sentient, especially one so young. It is as you said, they are destined for great things.” He as was among a great many former Jedi to have spent time meditating about the future of this world. Naruto's hand in its future was without a doubt inevitable.

“Yes, hopefully for the better. If only there were a way to teach them the ways of the Force. They would make powerful Jedi indeed. Unfortunately I don't have much time to talk, I have to get back to training Naruto. What was this breakthrough you found?”

“It's not really a breakthrough with their meaning but we have developed a better way to analyze them. Hopefully that will speed the process along. Out interface systems with our new Holocron library is improving. Nilus requests that you contact him with anything you think would prove useful to them. He would also like to compile everyone's datapads before the exams as well as any holocrons you have made.

“I see….well contact me if you find anything more. And I will see what I can do about compiling the data. I may have something that can bolster his research.”

“I will, Windu out.” The com-link was severed and Nazomishi raised his hand to the scouter pressing a button to place it in standby mode.

“So Nilus has come that far in these years. If that is so then perhaps there is another use for these scouters…” Nazomishi had a smile on his face as he returned to the training grounds ready to begin the first day of team seven's training. Aoshi and Rei were waiting for Nazomishi to arrive but when he did the three ran through a series of seals and erected a barrier to prevent anyone on the outside from discovering the many secrets about to be divulged within the area.

---Naruto/Nazomishi---

“Alright Naruto, you're the one with the highest reserves here so your obviously going to advance faster this way than the others. I want you to make fifty clones in divisions of five.”

“I can make more than that you know…”

“True, but I don't want you putting too much mental strain on yourself, with that number of clones you will be getting two months worth of training in a day. The information relayed to your mind when you release them will be no different. You can work your way to more clones as the days go by but for now just do as I ask.” `How the boy survives more information than that is beyond me. Even with the Kyuubi's influence his mind is truly a wonder.'

“HAI!” Naruto screamed as he formed the seals and did as commanded. Once created they all screamed in unison. “Ready!”

“Good…” Nazomishi himself created ten clones to individually guide the divisions.”

“Division one, you will be working on the Rasengan.” A Nazomishi clone went to join them as they vanished into a far region of the field. “Group two will work on Itoryu (Signal sword) swordsmanship in the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. Group three will work with Nitoryu (Two swords) Techniques that I feel would benefit you.” They left and the remaining two hundred clones stood waiting for their command. “Group four will meditate on cleaning their chakra flow. My clone will assist you with any questions you may have. And finally group five will begin focusing on your elemental training. You Naruto, put on the training weights.”

“Uh Nazo how exactly is this going to help get us ready for the Chuunin exams. I thought we were already chuunin level.” Nazomishi grinned a bit before pointing to the weights.

“On the way here I received a message from some of my old friends by way of summon. I have already alerted Sarutobi Sama to the news, but I'm afraid it is most dire. The hidden villages of Oto and Suna will attack sometime during the exams.” Naruto's demeanor became significantly darker in realization of the events.

“So you're training us to be more useful in a war?” This much was obvious. Why else train `chuunin' in such a harsh manner. If a war was coming up against two villages Konoha would need as many jounin level combatants as they could scrape up.

“Exactly, that is why I had to convince Zabuza to join us. Every ally in a war is helpful, especially jounin level ones. Before hand knowledge of an attack is invaluable. You three have the potential to be Jounnin level or higher before the exams and I intend to get you there.” Naruto was right they were trying to make them jounin level. His entire class was abnormally skilled for fresh genin but his team was by far the closest to such a level.

“Did Kakashi Sensei teach you all this?”

“Him? No, I've had shadow clones reading in libraries since the academy. But through these methods I have become Elite Jounin level or higher. Kakashi and my team have seen each other as equals for quite a while.”

“Then let's stop this talking and get training! I can't let those damn bastards hurt Konoha. What's first!?”

“I figured you would feel that way. Fallow me…try to keep up.” Nazomishi started off with a jog and went into a run with Naruto fallowing closely behind.

“Wow this is easier than I thought; it's like carrying someone on my back.” Having done it several times as training under Sarutobi it wasn't really that bad. Granted it was a much larger increment that he had ever tried before but it really wasn't too bad.

“Really now? Then I guess it's time to up your weight then.”

“Huh?” Nazomishi smirked as he formed a few hand seals adding a total of another hundred pounds onto Naruto's total weight. With the added weight Naruto started trying to force his way with his limitless chakra capacities. His muscles were screaming out in pain as he struggled to keep up a decent pace. For a shinobi this was defiantly a snail's pace. To be running at the speed of a civilian was embarrassing. The fact that he was using chakra to do that didn't help much either.

In that time Nazomishi could only smirk and think. `His resolve is strong, and he found the hidden secret behind the exercise, using his chakra like this will make it more potent and the strain will increase his reserves. Thank God I watched Yu Yu Hakusho… Thank God it applies to chakra… at least in some respects.'

With the Naruto's learning the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu things were moving smoothly. Naruto's discipline with fluid strokes made the basics move by quickly. By the end of the day he had effectively learned two basic strikes to some degree of proficiency. Both strikes were far from mastery as was expected. Each technique was sloppy and needed a great deal of refining before it was combat ready. Still he had shown dramatic skill with the style to have started two in a single day.

The Nitoryu group worked on some Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu variants Nazomishi had designed to utilize two swords while back in Kenshin's world. Similarly to the Itoryu section they moved along with exceptional speed.

The intense meditation brought many of the clones to a level of peace he hadn't felt since he could remember. He loved it almost as much as gaining friends. With the Rasengan group Naruto was making impressive progress. One day and Naruto had already mastered the first step, one handed to boot. When Nazomishi noticed Naruto trying to converse with other clones he was quickly scolded and told that he must learn it with a single hand. The need of clones was a major handicap for the technique though it could help in learning it faster. In combat it drew far too much attention to be used properly.

Considering that Naruto had already learned some lightning jutsu, the few that worked on that decided to focus on manipulation to add flexibility to their current attacks. Things went completely different with fire jutsu. He had seen Sasuke learn some fire jutsu before but had no knowledge of it what so ever. Honestly he didn't even know he had an affinity for it till Nazo said it was because of the Fox. Thus he had to start from scratch, and scratch was learning how to burn a leaf. Fire manipulation was by far the most difficult thing any of the clones had to do.

Then there was of course the real Naruto. He was practically suffering a heart attack with the training. Tilling ground, jumping in circles, walking on his hands, flipping across the field, punching trees, kicking trees, and a number of exercises that strained him to the brink were but a few of the tortuous exercises that made Gai's training seem like catwalk. He even had to do the tree climbing with the weights restraining his chakra. His only break was for dinner and by eight he had collapsed of exhaustion. To keep from doing permanent damage the clones dispelled individually under the freshly starry sky.

---With Sasuke/Aoshi---

Sasuke's attention was quickly drawn to the massive chakra spike of Naruto generating the massive number of clones. His jaw was instantly a gape at the thought that Naruto was training with so many with such ease. Sure he had seen Naruto make upwards of a hundred before but never train with that many. It didn't take long for Aoshi to gather Sasuke's focus back towards himself by clearing his throat.

“How many Kage Bushin can you make?” Sasuke blinked as he glanced over to Naruto's obscene display of raw chakra reserves.

“Uh… The most I've tried is fifty…” Sasuke stated well aware of the potentially harmful side effect of making too many with too little chakra. Unfortunately the Uchiha knew all too well what happened when he `pulled off' that many clones. The pain was remarkable and the mental strain even worse when he dispelled them. Sarutobi forbade him from attempting that many again. At least, until his chakra reserves were larger. Unfortunately they weren't.

“Try twenty then have them make one each if you think you can handle it afterwards. If not I have some soldier pills.” Sasuke smirked loving the sneaky way of matching Naruto's impressive display. He took a pill from Aoshi and pocketed it so it would be cloned along with the clones. At least… he hoped they would work for the clones.

“Roger… Tajuu Kage Bushin No Jutsu!” Sasuke was on a little woozy and panting for breath after creating the clones making him instantly thankful for the pill as they finished. He popped it in along with the others and obtained the super charge before finishing off the rest of the clones.

“Alright what now.”

“Now this section will be meditation. This section will work on fire Manipulation while this one works on Thunder manipulation.” Aoshi had them separate out before heading to the remaining clones. “This section will be learning my twin Kodachi style adapted for your Katana. I'm sure you will have no problem with that. Nazomishi expects you will eventually choose an Itoryu style as your primary but a secondary fighting style will always come in handy. Then this group will work with this.” He pulled up his sleeve and formed a number of hand seals, pumping his left hand full of chakra. With a burst of light Aoshi's hand became enveloped by a violent display of electricity

“This is the Chidori Kakashi was suppose to teach you. Since Kakashi is out of commission for now he has requested that I get you started on it. Go…” All the remaining clones left with an Aoshi clone and Aoshi tossed the clothes from before to Sasuke's feet.

“You see what Naruto's doing?” Sasuke looked over to Naruto running around in circles at what looked like a snails pace, off in the distance. He nodded his head in confirmation silently dreading where this was going.

“Then put them on and get to work.” Aoshi then did the same as Nazomishi, creating ten clones, two for each division.

Sasuke's progress as far as the weights relied largely on multiple soldier pills. On the other hand his clones were doing amazingly well, his Sharingan was an invaluable tool in learning the proper techniques quickly so he could spend more time on the finer points of the attack. It was a rather interesting point he noticed when copying jutsu. The Sharingan never made a perfect copy of any skill. According to Aoshi anything copied from someone else is an exact copy of how they use it. Each person is different and must tweak attacks to fit themselves better. The differences were usually as simply as adding or taking away chakra from a seal but other times it meant bending the flow of chakra just a bit. Every person's hands are different as their bodies are different, in creating jutsu people tweak jutsu to fit their bodies better but the Sharingan doesn't do that for you.

His work with manipulation showed once again the natural genius of the Uchiha clan. With his dramatic affinity for lightning he moved so fast that he began on the basics of Chidori early in the day.

`If Nazomishi's plan works then they will double their chakra and quadruple their stamina by week's end. This Sharingan is truly a frightening thing, almost as bad as the fox.'

Sakura and Rei spent the first two hours learning the Kage Bushin. After that they made a moderate number of clones, taking into consideration this was her first day training with clones. With that fact established they spent the remainder of the day with a third of nine clones working on meditation, a third working with medical jutsu and the final third working with her chakra control for her super fist. As for the real her, she was put on the same regimen as the other two. For all three it was the very incarnation of torture. Though somehow, Naruto and Sasuke found an odd enjoyment in the demonic training method. It was harsh but gave them a feeling of real accomplishment far beyond that of any normal Shinobi.

The next two weeks went rough with constantly increasing weights and nightly healing sessions from Rei and chakra restoration from the other two as they slept. Shadow clones… truly a training method to be reckoned with, especially when it came to skill. Naruto learned both Rasengan and Chidori during those two weeks along with a fourth of the techniques of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu and about a third of Nazomishi's two sword adaptations. As for Sasuke he learned Chidori and upped it to the level of Raikiri as well as the beginnings of what Nazomishi knew would be his most dreaded attack…Chidori Nagashi. Sasuke learned Aoshi's style with amazing speed thanks to his Sharingan. His proficiency with it was far above his level with his old style. Nearly half the attacks of Aoshi's primary style were learned along with a few ways he could channel Chidori through his blades. He had truly begun his path to fame.

Over the two weeks Sakura's chakra levels spiked from very low Genin level to slightly above average chuunin levels with her already chuuninlevel control furtheringto that of high chuunin. At this rate she could easily have high Jounin level chakra control in under a year. It was no wonder Tsunade took her on as a pupil. The girl's chakra control was ridiculous for her age.In the week she started with the basics of dodging, an invaluable tool of all medic nin. Rei was able to teach her how to heal numerous kinds of wounds, including very minor nerve damage, starting with the basics on how to rearrange nerve signals from the brainthrough the spine. (Remember the jutsu Tsunade used on Kabuto?) Her Insanity fist as Naruto liked to call it had doubled in effectiveness thanks to her increased chakra levels and control. Compared to Tsunade's fist on the other hand it was still only a fraction of what she was capable of.

It was finally the morning they were suppose to `fight' Zabuza at the bridge and everybody was up and rearing to go. That was at least until Nazomishi stopped them one last time.

“Alright, listen up Gato can't know we were here so our job will be to monitor your fight from the trees until he arrives. Now…” Nazomishi lifted his hand to his scouter, pressing a button on the side. “I'm going to remove your weights and see how much your stats have changed.” The smiles on their faces were so priceless one would have thought their teeth brightened the morning sky.

Nazomishi formed the seal to release the weight and chakra restriction. When he did team seven raised their arms in relaxation, stretching while feeling light as a feather. The scouter's reading's spiked instantaneously as Nazomishi smirked.

“Now keep in mind this rating system is based off units required to use very low level jutsu with minor chakra usage.For a comparison an average Chidori uses between four and seven hundred chakra units while Raikiri is upwards of eight to twelve hundred.Genin average levels are300, Chuunin average is 1000, and Jounin average is 3000 and elite Jounin averaging at 4000. The average of Kage Chakra levels I would place around eight to fourteenthousand.Taking an educated guess from the many books I've read I would place the levels emitted while using the seven of the eight forbidden gates at between twenty and forty thousand. I would also place someone with fully mastered and clean chakra pools between a hundred and a hundred fifty thousand. Anything beyond that I would consider rather inhuman for anyone short of Naruto drawing on several tails of energy. Even that is getting into demon territory.The other thing I want you to keep in mind is that your physical strength and stamina will be a more vital asset in battle than your chakra reserves. Yes chakra will permit you to use more techniques and more wasteful jutsu. However it is your strength and your skill at using those techniques that will determine the victor in a battle.

When we trained with Kakashi he started at 3230 and his current unsealed around 8800. And yes he is wearing similar weights and seals to restrain himself to his previous levels. Keep in mind those levels are of course without gates…etc. Now Sakura, your original reading was 96 chakra units, your current reading 1242. The training weights I started you out at 200 pounds basic, your current is …450. Very impressive for a week. Just remember we cannot keep up speeds like this forever, if we did it would kill our bodies. This is only to prepare you for what is to come. Anything further will have to be expanded over a greater amount of time.

Sasuke, your original chakra reading was 1439 chakra units, current 4691. Training weights, starting was 500 pounds, current is 975.

Now for Naruto, Naruto your original Chakra count was 6587. Your current chakra levels are 11,000…400…and 78.”

“YES WOOOOHOOOO!!! I ROCK.” Naruto was ecstatic; somehow he had managed in nearly doubling his already ridiculous chakra reserves. By his best estimate Nazomishi figured Naruto could break twenty thousand while drawing of the Kyuubi's no tailed form. A definite figure would have to wait till he could get a chance to see it.

`Don't get too cocky kid, that's only what you should be by Shippuden. And Kisame's reading according to Kenshin tops 33,000.'About a week into the training Nazomishi sealed and reverse summoned a scroll to Kenshin so he could better analyze the Akatsuki threat.That was a move Nazomishi was very glad he made.

“As for Naruto's weights, you started out at 500 pounds like Sasuke, only you got the highest of you three, Naruto got up to 1100 pounds thanks to your god like healing.Remember Naruto even with these impressive levels and strength there are people in this world that could throwyou around like a rag doll.Gai's speed and strength are still well above your own. He would have you on the floor and dead before you would even have a chance to use your remarkable chakra levels. People like Itachi could put you in a Genjutsu and rip your head off or cover your body in flames by simply looking at you. If you ever run into anyone like that I suggest you run like hell got it?”

“Yea yea…Hey do we get to hear your guy's levels? Or are you going to leave us hanging.”Naruto seemed excited. If his team had been doing this kind of training for a week what kind of insane levels did team 13 have after years of this. He wondered how far he could get with that many years of it.

“With or without the weights?”Nazomishi asked innocently.

“Without them duh!” Sakura screamed.

“Well last I check I ranked in around 9000, Aoshi around 8300 and Rei at 8700. Of course that machine was a little more primitive that was a few years ago. So I'd say we're a bit higher than that.I wouldn't expect it to be much though.Just remember, we're doing this all the time, increasing it at safe increments. We found out the hard way that doing too much more training like this can do a lot of damage. If we attempted what you three have done without anyone around to heal our injuries we would have died the first day. You three are forbidden from using these techniques without at least one of us or Kakashi around.Even at that we won't be working at these speeds. It's simply too damaging to mortal bodies, even with Rei's healing abilities.” The three nodded remembering the pain and exhaustion they felt at so many points during the two week training session from hell. It was all too clear to them how true Nazomishi's statement was. Besides if they understood Nazomishi correctly then it was pointless to train their chakra too far beyond their current levels. Unless of course you were planning on getting yourself into a twenty hour long battle or burn a city with asustained volley ofHousenka no Jutsuthere simply wasn't much point in having ridiculous chakra levels.

Let'ssee here on top of those numbers, when we tap into the first fewspiritual pools our normal chakra levels can double and quadruple at max. Still it takes us a few moments of concentration to open them so they are rather useless if someone catches us by surprise. With the weightsand sealsI would place our levels around having two thirds of our normal levels restricted at all times. As for Zabuza I read his at 3452 and Haku at 1462, but her speed and accuracy is the killer.She has trained those skills and her chakra control to the point that her chakra levels don't matter. She's an assassin and has no use for flashy jutsu that gobble away chakra like there's no tomorrow.” Nazomishi paused for a moment looking to Aoshi and Rei, receiving nodsfrom both of them. `I wish my bloodline were like that. Usingthat eats away chakra like a stream of Paraná'

“Guys…reactivate your seals like I taught you yesterday. Only deactivate them in an emergency. At this point your bodies should feel this weight as normal and it can be used as an ultimate trump card. The extra chakra boost can be a powerful weapon on its own by keeping it a secret. If you start losinga fight you can catch your opponent off guard with a massive burstof energy.It can momentarily startle your opponent and give you a second wind.”

“Hai, hai….” Naruto and Sasuke rolled their eyes at Nazo, wishing they could stay out of the weights at least a little longer. The day was certainly looking up as they made their way to the bridge where team thirteen's disguised shadow clones were adding the final boards, finally connecting the sides of the bridge with the other side.

The freshly recovered demon of the mist loomed ominously in the trees nearby discussing the plans with Haku.

“Alright Haku, ready for this?” He asked as more of a statement than a question.

“Yes Zabuza sama.” She pulled out a few senbon needles, loving every second of the plan. With this she could get a small bit of revenge on the kid for doing so much damage to Zabuza, all the while finally solidifying a safe haven from hunter nins. With these Zate they could finally overturn the Mizukage and achieve their revenge.

“Good, but remember one thing Haku, if this is a trap, run for it. We're taking a big chance doing this and I don't want you killed.” Abnormaly out of character Zabuza sounded clearly concerned for Haku's well being.

“..Zabuza…” The abnormal show of emotion by the `demon' shocked Haku to no end. It was the first time she had truly felt …It was difficult for her to describe it was so unique to her. The feeling was certainly a first.

“You're the daughter I never had and that's the soul reason I'm joining them. If you die I will burn Konoha to the ground.” Haku laughed lightly at the comment knowing he would only do that if they were the ones that killed her. She could see it in his eyes. What could that blue hair have said to Zabuza to cause this dramatic change, she wondered?

“You give them too little credit, you know without those Zate guys your plan to restore Kiri would fall way behind …'father'…” For a second Zabuza's face looked as if it had just gone through a reboot which finally ended with him shaking his head, and smirking beneath his mask.

“It's time to gut a traitor and restore Kiri.” They looked over the horizon just above a hill leading to the bridge. They were coming.

Chapter Notes: What did yall think of the rating system? I tried to give it a similar feel to the DBZ system because of the scouter, but keep in mind in Nooooo way does this mean that a chakra unit is = to a KI or Raitsu, or any other energy sources I may use in different dimensions.If anything a single unit of Ki would be somewhere between 500 and 5000 chakra units. On top of that chakra levels will have little to no effect on speed or strength aside from jutsu that use chakra that can. It is simply energy that can be used in special attacks meaning more attacks in a battle.Simply put lots of chakra does not = power.Also I tried to make the weights reasonable to what it's like in DBZ. Hell Goku in other world couldn't move without going super saiyan, when one of the Kai's put 10 tons on each limb(40 freaking tons!)….yea that's a shit load compared to the total of half a ton Naruto's carrying and the ton and a half Gai is. Still I had to make it large enough to rationalize lee's little display. Also with the Chakra I tried to balance the starting to ending values to stats from the show… like Naruto in shippuden having 4 times the chakra of Kakashi… so I made it around 4 times Kakashi's starting value. That and assuming that Gai is around Kakashi's old rating (maybe some more ) and still needing to go through a bunch of gates to reach 1/3 of Kisame's chakra… Yea that's kind of why his is so freaking high. Of course everything is as Einstein one said….relative.