Tree climbing

Early in the morning as the sun rose everyone woke up as this is the first day of training in this week before Zabuza arrives for the biggest battle in the mission.

Everyone ate breakfast inside while Kansatsu ate some of his rations which included a elaborately made bento box which had some cutesy foods including sausages cut into octopus and some neatly cut greens."did I just spend too much time preparing these?" Kansatsu thought as he finished his food as it might be possible for the food to not be eaten at all.

With the thought of all that food going to waste Kansatsu would freeze but would shake the thought off remembering the training they were doing to have he stopped worrying, packed up his supplies, rations included as everything he wanted and needed was in a couple scrolls that he kept around his waist.

Kansatsu jumped off the roof ready for some serious training which could be physically and mentally demanding. With all those thoughts going through his mind Kansatsu would stretch while moving his chakra throughout his body as a mental workout before going into the house to great the team.

"Good morning guys, are you ready for a day of hard physical and mental training?" Kansatsu said waving with a beaming smile to everyone who just finished breakfast."Hey where were you, you idiot?! do you know how worrying is it to have someone disappear while someone like Zabuza is out there?!" Sakura yelled at Kansatsu looking like she was ready to kill him if Zabuza didn't.

"Yeah Sakura's right you know what were we supposed to do if we lost someone without even being able to do anything about it?!" Naruto shouted in agreement with Sakura while Sasuke stood there silently nodding along with what Sakura and Naruto said and Kakashi was watching this all unfold thinking, "well it seems like they are acting more and more like a team with every passing moment."

"Well Kansatsu did you at least eat anything as these will be a few intense days of training." Kakashi said walking towards the door and Kansatsu would respond, "well Kakashi sensei I ate some of the bento I had prepared in the rations I made for everyone." Naruto would say in suprise, "what! you didn't tell us that there was bento in the rations as I expected some bread and a potato or something."

"Well I made them so we could avoid being a bother to anyone we interact with in any way and making it difficult for them by giving them more mouths to feed. I also tried my best to make the food as delicious as possible for morale as people tend to feel slightly better when eating good food with good friends." Kansatsu said proudly as his cooking skills were something he was proud of above all only being beaten by his skill as a shinobi.

Kakashi would nod saying, "well that's why you prepared so much, well let's go to where I'll be training you guys for what's to come." Kansatsu would take a deep breath and say, "I'm ready for what's come Kakashi sensei."

After a short walk into the nearby woods Kakashi would stop and Kansatsu seeing this jumped up and said, "well Kakashi sensei are we going to train here?" Kakashi turned to Kansatsu and said, "well yes and this will be something that every skilled shinobi knows." the team would be hyped up hearing what Kansatsu said as everyone was expecting a fighting style or a powerful jutsu.

"Here's what I want you to do, I want you to climb a tree." Kakashi said and Naruto would interrupt saying, "Kakashi sensei that's easy." Kakashi would continue, "without using your hands." the team would stand shocked by what they heard.

To the team Kakashi's request seemed like it was the equivalent of telling a fish to fly as it was totally out of the realm of possibility and Naruto would yell out, "hey what do you mean without our hands, that's impossible Kakashi sensei." Kansatsu would wonder, "mhh. Naruto's words are different from what I remember but it's saying about the same thing as what I remember."

"Well it's quite simple really." Kakashi said walking towards a tree, he would plant one of his feet on the tree and to everyone surprise, he would casually walk up the tree defying gravity, he was still recovering from the injuries he sustained in the battle against Zabuza.

everyone would watch in awe as a man in crutches would casually walk up a tree and stand upside-down on one of it's branches and would say, "well you see all you need to do is focus you chakra to the bottom of your feet as you make contact with the tree."

The team was fully focused on what Kakashi was saying while Kansatsu was focused on Kakashi's chakra as to feel the amount of chakra which was the correct amount to keep him on the on the tree, giving the laws of physics the middle finger.

Kansatsu would not hear a single word from what Kakashi was saying as he was in a deep state of focus which he would be suddenly pulled out of by Kakashi throwing kunai right in front of everyone almost causing him to jump in suprise.

Naruto would begin first picking up the kunai while he ran towards a tree with his chakra focused on his feet, following the instructions to the best of his understanding of chakra control but he would not get that far up the tree due to him under shooting with the amount needed to keep traction.

Seeing Naruto's first attempt Sasuke would follow picking up the kunai, run towards a tree of his own were he would travel further up the tree than Naruto but not by a wide margin as he would over shoot with the amount of chakra needed causing him to damage the tree.

Sasuke would have a proud look on his face while looking at the marks that they made on the tree showing the difference in skill was there regardless of how small it was as in his mind he already won against Naruto in the first attempt of climbing the tree.

Sakura would be third making her way up the the tree further than both Naruto and Sasuke combined with a wide margin on top of that as she was the most skilled in chakra control between the three due to her being top of the class on that.

"Wonderful work Sakura you did well on that as it seems like you are the best in the group." Kakashi praised Sakura who seemed very enthusiastic while Naruto and Sasuke had a bitter expression which caused Sakura to be angry at Kakashi as he caused Sasuke to be upset with her.

Kakashi would then turn to Kansatsu and say, "well Kansatsu it seems like you have a difficult job following up Sakura as if my memory serves me right you came second in every class so let's hope we left what's best for last and let's see if the name of the great Uchiha can hold it own here or is it all flash with on substance."

With Kakashi's words the pressure was high, all of it was on Kansatsu and what Kakashi said about the Uchiha slightly angered him even though he hardly felt like a Uchiha, it was still a insult to him as he was a Uchiha technically and making it a indirectly insult to him, Sasuke and their brothers who he had to defend their honor.

Kansatsu would slowly pick up the kunai slowly walking towards the tree, he would throw one of his senbon directly at the tree hitting it dead center at the bottom near the ground, continuing his anger filled walk finally reaching the tallest tree nearby he would plant his foot on the tree while everyone looked at him wondering why didn't he run to use some momentum to assist him with the climb.

Kansatsu would easily walk up the tree making a beeline for the top taking no rest as he had already passed everyone else, calmly walking he would finally reach the top jamming the kunai in the very top of the tree, he would begin his decent walking down the tree in a spiral pattern as everyone was shocked by the level of chakra control he had and he would throw another of his senbon at the one he threw when he started splitting it in two.

Kansatsu would step on the ground and look at Kakashi and say, "what about that for the might of the Uchiha Kakashi sensei." Kakashi would feel the amount of anger coming from Kansatsu which he caused through his remark and he would respond, "well what other way was there for me to have you try your best unlike before."

"What do you mean by that?" Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura would ask Kakashi at the same time in stereo and Kakashi would respond, "well. Kansatsu here was purposefully coming up second place in class on everything as I checked out his records and somethings that were his strength would become his weakness and vice-versa all the time too frequently through out the time."

"well you got me Kakashi sensei, I was purposefully holding back to come second while knowing how to lead with a flawless performance." Kansatsu said with a smug look and Kakashi would answer, "well near perfect as it seems like the speed of your chakra control seems off by a bit which is why you will be training somewhere else and doing something slightly different from what they are doing."