ReTurn

Chapter 13

The Trigger and The Future Girl

Meanwhile Sakura and Tazuna were out, Naruto and Sasuke continued to train in the forest, until the setting sun indicated they had been training for almost five hours.

The two boys fell to the ground for the umpteenth time, the former landed gracefully and turned to look at the hyperactive blonde ninja who(only three hours ago could barely get one foot in front of the other) was now catching up to him, inch by inch. But how?

Naruto had no idea what he was doing until...

"Sakura," Sasuke muttered to himself as he remembered the pink haired teen whispering something inaudible to Naruto.

She obviously had given him some sort of advice on how to focus his chakra better because as soon as she left, Naruto began to catch up on him. Although his Uchiha pride would never allow him to admit it, Sasuke was angry and a little envious that she had chosen to help the blonde instead of him.

...Not that he need her help in the first place.

Naruto on the other hand, was getting progressively angrier. It seemed that every time he thought he had enough chakra to make it all the way up the tree, it would just fizzle out and he would be sent falling back down to the ground.

"WHY IS THIS SO HARD?" Naruto shouted angrily, drawing Sasuke's attention. When their eyes met, they both froze, glaring at each other.

Naruto shook his head before turning back to his own tree.

No, no, no! If I think about Sasuke I'll lose my concentration! Come on, Naruto! Center yourself! Remember what Sakura said! Relax; focus on the tree... Closing his eyes, the Knuckleheaded Ninja felt a surge of chakra at the bottoms of his feet.

"Yeah! I can feel it!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly. "I'm going all the way this time!" Completely sure of himself, he charged at the tree once again.

"Hey, Naruto," Sasuke called out, completely taking the boy by surprise and making him trip to face plant the ground.

He sat up and turned to face Sasuke. "AHHH! SASUKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I WAS TRYING TO FOCUS MY CHAKRA!" Naruto yelled. He fixed the Uchiha with a glare.

"Well," Sasuke started. "Uhhh...The thing is..." He couldn't believe he was about to do this.

"Yeah, what is it?" Naruto asked, folding his arms impatiently and intensifying his glare.

Sasuke stammered," Y-you know, you asked Sakura for advice when she was here. So, what did she tell you?" His eyes was twitching and he inwardly cursed himself for stuttered. Uchiha men do not stutter.

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise before his mouth formed into a huge grin. Sasuke immediately regretted asking for help.

"I'm not telling you."

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"Hehe, this is fantastic! It's been ages since we had so many guests around our table!" Tazuna said happily as Team 7 around the dinner table to eat.

No matter how many times she would come back in time, Sakura would still be disgusted and embarrassed of her teammates; Naruto and Sasuke had come back from training, unsuccessful and more competitive than ever. Tonight's competition appeared to be who could eat the most in one sitting.

Naruto shoveled rice into his mouth with one hand and ate a lump of bread with the other; He was eating so fast, Sakura had to wonder if his body found time to breath in between mouthfuls. Sasuke was a little more elegant bug nevertheless he downed his rice in record time and began tearing apart the bread as though he had not eaten in days.