Fox Among Clouds

Naruto looked down from a cliff and furrowed his brows. "So...what is this supposed to train, again? Other than see one's suicidal mental state?"

"To see if you can overcome fear. The greatest fears? Height and Death."

Naruto nodded. "Uh huh...and so, you want me to say screw it all and just...jump, eh?"

"More or less." The woman with dark green hair said, picking at her nails. He could not see her face but she wore that same stuff as he'd seen a month ago on the group of women. She had a weird sword though, it seemed to be split forming a 'Y' shape but very curvy. The blades were parallel so it seemed pointless since the slice was still in a sense the same, right? They weren't at off angles or anything to where it was like being struck with two blades rather than the still same one with two blades.

"Fine, whatever." And he leapt off the cliff.

The woman's eyes widened and went forward to try to catch him but was too late. She watched him drop and gulped. "I'm so dead...I didn't think he'd actually jump!"

Naruto dropped, watching as the blue beneath was coming closer. Oddly enough, any of the apprehension he'd felt before went away. It was sort of bliss to be falling from the sky. Then with a crash and rising spout of water, he sunk in.

"Hey! Where's the BRAT!?" A said appearing in a shower of lightning and a smirk. Just waiting to see an exhausted beaten Naruto as penance for his attitude. Only, he found the watcher but no Naruto.

She cleared her throat. "He uh...he had to go pee..."

A nodded slowly. "I see. When did he leave?"

"Just before you got here." She whistled. "Yeah, so it could be a little while, he seemed shy to uh...pee nearby."

A shrugged. "Alright. I'll wait. Say, what are you having him do out here?"

"Um, building courage and confidence."

A nodded and chuckled. "Yeah! Just remember he's three so he might take you literally!"

"Yeah, for sure...for sure...."

"He's not peeing is he?" A said and the masked woman shook her head. Leaning over the cliff he saw the water resettling and sighed. "Well...on the one hand he's done what no other has!"

"Right! He's set a precedent and shall be praised of his great courage!"

He looked to the woman. "You're on supervision duty and today he's getting his ice cream."

"But but...but I. He. He could be dead!"

"You'd better hope he isn't." A said as they both looked over the cliff waiting for the blonde to resurface. But then another thought had come to mind, did Naruto know how to swim?

They saw him shoot out of the water and then a pair of large jaws of a massive shark coming up with him to swallow him whole. Something its size would allow. "What do you know, brat does!"

"Are you gonna help 'im or..."

A pushed her over the edge and she frowned while falling. Orienting her body she reached behind her grasping the sword's handle and fused her chakra. Suddenly she was able to fall faster. Seemingly becoming little more than a streak then there was a splash. The shark cut clean in two as the water slowly turned red. Before Naruto connected with the water, she'd caught him and was running up the cliff. Reaching the top before the water that came up from her entry even returned to the ocean.

A whistled. "Quarter second faster." She collapsed to her butt gasping harshly for breath. "Still work to be done I see! Boy! I've heard that you've completed the language and math work that you were set to be done with at end of year!"